---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individuals with mental illness: change of term."
description: "Existing law refers to persons with mental disorders and mental defects in provisions relating to, among other things, criminal proceedings, correctional facilities, and property tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 46"
citation: "California AB 46 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Individuals with mental illness: change of term."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrillo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20db2bb8-3f47-488b-a22a-546ddd7216d5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46"
source_hash: "314bc7d3eaee0e05f984cd6b3bcefd6da7f1ab24a8273f844e1067d0f1f3405d"
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 46 (20192020) — Individuals with mental illness: change of term.

Existing law refers to persons with mental disorders and mental defects in provisions relating to, among other things, criminal proceedings, correctional facilities, and property tax exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46&version=20190AB4699INT)
2. **03/21/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46&version=20190AB4698AMD)
3. **04/24/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46&version=20190AB4697AMD)
4. **06/26/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46&version=20190AB4695CHP)
5. **AB46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46)
6. **06/18/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB46&version=20190AB4696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB46 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 46 Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1472.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-06-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20db2bb8-3f47-488b-a22a-546ddd7216d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).