---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservatorship: serious mental illness and substance use disorders."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes a procedure for the appointment of a conservator for a person who is determined to be gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder or an impairment by chronic alcoholism, as specified, pursuant to a petition to the superior court by an officer conducting an investigation and concurring with a recommendation of conservatorship. Existing law also establishes a procedure for the appointment of other types of conservatorship or a guardianship as ordered by the probate court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1045"
citation: "California SB 1045 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservatorship: serious mental illness and substance use disorders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/651a9aa2-06ac-4642-8242-46d196afeb7b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045"
source_hash: "08189684e97fc03db6b56de7d4ca697d8dcd19aa093cbe6dbd2602e153a395f9"
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 SB 1045 (20172018) — Conservatorship: serious mental illness and substance use disorders.

(1) Existing law establishes a procedure for the appointment of a conservator for a person who is determined to be gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder or an impairment by chronic alcoholism, as specified, pursuant to a petition to the superior court by an officer conducting an investigation and concurring with a recommendation of conservatorship. Existing law also establishes a procedure for the appointment of other types of conservatorship or a guardianship as ordered by the probate court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104599INT)
2. **03/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104598AMD)
3. **04/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104597AMD)
4. **05/01/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104596AMD)
5. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104595AMD)
6. **07/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104594AMD)
7. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104593AMD)
8. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104592AMD)
9. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104590CHP)
10. **SB1045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045)
11. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045&version=20170SB104591ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1045 Wiener Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1045 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1045 Wiener et al. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Stern — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4722.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4818.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4302.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4406.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6795.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6052.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 845, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/651a9aa2-06ac-4642-8242-46d196afeb7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).