---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: mental competency."
description: "Existing statutory law, in counties that agree to be subject to these provisions pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, provides that when it appears to the court, or upon request of the prosecutor or counsel, that a minor who is alleged to come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a person who is or may be found to be a ward of the juvenile court may have a serious mental disorder, is seriously emotionally disturbed, or has a developmental disability, the court may order that the minor be referred for evaluation by a licensed mental health professional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2212"
citation: "California AB 2212 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors: mental competency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/830a42e3-58ec-450f-8030-54760f523263"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212"
source_hash: "ed8152f7f541931119c23a2f0636d41bdb53f6e565e8196e187987d0d3df0749"
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 2212 (20092010) — Minors: mental competency.

Existing statutory law, in counties that agree to be subject to these provisions pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, provides that when it appears to the court, or upon request of the prosecutor or counsel, that a minor who is alleged to come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a person who is or may be found to be a ward of the juvenile court may have a serious mental disorder, is seriously emotionally disturbed, or has a developmental disability, the court may order that the minor be referred for evaluation by a licensed mental health professional.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221299INT)
2. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221298AMD)
3. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221297AMD)
4. **06/10/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221296AMD)
5. **08/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221295AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221293CHP)
7. **AB2212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212)
8. **08/19/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2212&version=20090AB221294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2212 Fuentes By DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2212 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2212 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5051.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4459.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6302.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/830a42e3-58ec-450f-8030-54760f523263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).