CA AB 46

enacted

Diversion.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law provides that a defendant is eligible for diversion if they have been diagnosed with certain mental disorders and the court finds that the mental disorder was a significant factor in the commission of the charged offense, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the disorder was not a motivating, causal, or contributing factor to the defendant's involvement in the alleged offense. Existing law prohibits defendants charged with specified offenses, including murder, from being placed in this diversion program. This bill would require that the diagnosis or rediagnosis with a mental disorder be within 5 years before the alleged offense. Existing law makes a defendant suitable for this diversion program if, among other criteria, a qualified mental health expert opines that the defendant's symptoms of the mental disorder that caused, contributed to, or motivated the criminal behavior, would respond to mental health treatment and the defendant will not pose an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety if treated in the community, as specified. The bill would revise that standard and instead require the court to find that the defendant will not pose a substantial and undue risk to the physical safety of another person if treated in the community. The bill would require the mental health expert's opinion to include that the proposed mental health diversion plan is clinically appropriate to address the symptoms of the defendant's mental disorder, as specified. The bill would require the court to state the reasons for denial on the record.

Introduced: 2024-12-10
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Diversion

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-10
Introduced measure version corrected.
introduction
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-11
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-05-05
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-06
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 7. Page 1601.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-20
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-06-19
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 8).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-07-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-08-13
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-08-18
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-02-13
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-17
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-02-17
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-03-04
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-03-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-11
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4506.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-27
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-06-22
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 1. Page 5790.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
executive-receipt
2026-06-29
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-06-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2026.
became-law

Versions

12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
02/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-02-13Compare
05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
06/22/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-22Compare
06/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-06-29Compare
AB46Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: other
Do pass.
2025-05-14 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Elhawary: no
- Hart: other
AB 46 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-19 · pass · 56-7
Member-level votes (79)
- Solache: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Addis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bains: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Chen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Patel: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Davies: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- McKinnor: no
- Elhawary: no
- Ortega: no
- Garcia: no
- Ransom: no
- Bryan: no
- Jackson: no
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Rogers: other
- Caloza: other
- Papan: other
- Dixon: other
- Hart: other
- Bonta: other
- Kalra: other
- Ward: other
- Flora: other
- Connolly: other
- Pellerin: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Lee: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-08 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: other
- Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-17 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Reyes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Pérez: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-11 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
3rd Reading AB46 Nguyen et al. By Blakespear
2026-05-27 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Grove: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: other
- Menjivar: other
- Padilla: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Durazo: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
AB 46 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2026-06-22 · pass · 60-1
Member-level votes (79)
- Krell: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Berman: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Fong: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Chen: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Papan: yes
- Soria: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Elhawary: no
- Lee: other
- Bains: other
- Bonta: other
- Schiavo: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Caloza: other
- Connolly: other
- Bryan: other
- Garcia: other
- Pellerin: other
- Rogers: other
- Jackson: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Hart: other
- Kalra: other
- Stefani: other
- Johnson: other
- Ortega: other

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