---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental incapacity: deletion of demeaning terminology."
description: "Mental incapacity: deletion of demeaning terminology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1640"
citation: "California AB 1640 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental incapacity: deletion of demeaning terminology."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Malfa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfcad6ba-e2d4-4f64-87fb-82db113f51ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640"
source_hash: "d5699c527f71c8cfd322627b6e3f14da5702270fdec289ed0eba337de4355403"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1640 (20072008) — Mental incapacity: deletion of demeaning terminology.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640&version=20070AB164099INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640&version=20070AB164098AMD)
3. **05/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640&version=20070AB164097AMD)
4. **07/06/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640&version=20070AB164095CHP)
5. **AB1640** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640)
6. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1640&version=20070AB164096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1640 LA MALFA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #11 AB1640 La Malfa — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Malfa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-05** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1596.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfcad6ba-e2d4-4f64-87fb-82db113f51ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).