Bill Commons

CA SB 16

enacted

Mental health: involuntary commitment.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 16 pass?

Yes. CA SB 16 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 314, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 16 about?

Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary detention and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders. Under the act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. Existing law authorizes a county behavioral health director to develop procedures for the county's designation and training of professionals who will be designated to perform the above-described provisions. This bill would instead require a county behavioral health director to establish and implement procedures governing the county's designation and training of professionals who will be designated to perform the above-described provisions. By imposing additional duties on county behavioral health directors, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA SB 16?

Blakespear is the primary sponsor of CA SB 16, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary detention and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders. Under the act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. Existing law authorizes a county behavioral health director to develop procedures for the county's designation and training of professionals who will be designated to perform the above-described provisions. This bill would instead require a county behavioral health director to establish and implement procedures governing the county's designation and training of professionals who will be designated to perform the above-described provisions. By imposing additional duties on county behavioral health directors, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2024-12-02
Latest action
2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 314, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blakespearauthor
  • Dixoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-18

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 314, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-18

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  5. 2026-08-31

    Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.

  6. 2026-08-31

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 1.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-08-31

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-31

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 7058.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2026-08-28

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-28

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2026-08-27

    Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended.

  12. 2026-08-27

    Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 6727.)

  13. 2026-08-17

    Read third time and amended.

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  14. 2026-08-17

    Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2026-08-13

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  16. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  17. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2026-08-05

    August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  19. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2026-07-01

    Coauthors revised.

  21. 2026-06-25

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  22. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23).

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  23. 2026-06-15

    Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  24. 2026-06-11

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  25. 2025-07-10

    July 16 hearing postponed by committee.

  26. 2025-07-02

    July 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  27. 2025-06-23

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  28. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

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  29. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  30. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 1441.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  31. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  32. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 23).

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  33. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  34. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  35. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  36. 2025-04-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-04-28

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  38. 2025-04-24

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  39. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 831.) (April 22).

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  40. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 30 in HEALTH pending receipt.

  41. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 22.

  42. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and HEALTH.

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  43. 2025-03-25

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  44. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  45. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.

  46. 2024-12-02

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 03/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-25Compare
  • 04/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-24Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 06/11/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-11Compare
  • 06/25/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-25Compare
  • 08/17/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-17Compare
  • 08/28/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-28Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/18/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-18Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Seyarto: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Caballero: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Seyarto: other

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: other
    • Choi: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Niello: other
    • Seyarto: other
    • Hurtado: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Grove: other
    • Dahle: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-06-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Johnson: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-30 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Papan: yes

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