---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservatorships: custody status."
description: "Under existing law, a professional person in charge of an agency providing comprehensive evaluation or a facility providing intensive treatment for a gravely disabled person may recommend a conservatorship for that person without that person being an inpatient in a facility providing comprehensive evaluation or intensive treatment, if specified conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 931"
citation: "California SB 931 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservatorships: custody status."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8587257f-54f4-4a83-aa76-cd724d24b4ee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB931"
source_hash: "a96802691248e6b8bfae5701e1ce553e7b14f78747553e9e3af83f4454bd26cc"
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 931 (20172018) — Conservatorships: custody status.

Under existing law, a professional person in charge of an agency providing comprehensive evaluation or a facility providing intensive treatment for a gravely disabled person may recommend a conservatorship for that person without that person being an inpatient in a facility providing comprehensive evaluation or intensive treatment, if specified conditions are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB931&version=20170SB93199INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB931&version=20170SB93198AMD)
3. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB931&version=20170SB93196CHP)
4. **SB931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB931)
5. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB931&version=20170SB93197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 931 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2018-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4515.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4640.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-08-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6406.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 458, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8587257f-54f4-4a83-aa76-cd724d24b4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).