---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental retardation: change of term to intellectual disability."
description: "Existing law refers to mental retardation or a mentally retarded person in provisions relating to, among other things, educational and social services, commitment to state facilities, and criminal punishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1381"
citation: "California SB 1381 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental retardation: change of term to intellectual disability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09b93dad-9b97-4644-a07c-bdf8f967a21e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381"
source_hash: "eeeb8e2c2d4ac8975ed6683af192696fa20767013d3f06b68b19bf7f0c13bf03"
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 1381 (20112012) — Mental retardation: change of term to intellectual disability.

Existing law refers to mental retardation or a mentally retarded person in provisions relating to, among other things, educational and social services, commitment to state facilities, and criminal punishment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138199INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138198AMD)
3. **05/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138197AMD)
4. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138196AMD)
5. **08/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138195AMD)
6. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138193CHP)
7. **SB1381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381)
8. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1381&version=20110SB138194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1381 Pavley Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1381 Pavley By Rubio Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1381 Pavley Senate Third Reading By BEALL — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1381 Pavley Senate Third Reading By BEALL — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1381 Pavley Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — author (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — author (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2012-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3036.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3129.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5421.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-06-28** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2012-07-02** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-13** Read third time and amended. (Page 5898.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6011.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4679.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-29** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly.
- **2012-08-29** Held at desk.
- **2012-08-29** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Read third time and amended. (Page 6578.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 6671.)
- **2012-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6674.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5095.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 457, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09b93dad-9b97-4644-a07c-bdf8f967a21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).