--- type: "Bill" title: "Incarcerated person's competence." description: "Existing law authorizes the warden of a state prison to whom an incarcerated person is delivered for execution to suspend the execution of a judgment of death in specified circumstances. Under existing law, if the court sets a date for execution, the warden is required to report that to the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who is required to appoint 3 \"alienists\" (psychiatrists) from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation staff, at least 20 days prior to the date appointed for execution, to examine the defendant and investigate the defendant's sanity." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 2657" citation: "California AB 2657 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Incarcerated person's competence."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Stone"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-02-18" last_action: "2022-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5393b31e-9471-4751-ade5-da2f7145e9a6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657" source_hash: "a3f59e5f3b9912952f43deaa49845c09204c5c01bc3e1cb7179464da00a53d65" 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 2657 (20212022) — Incarcerated person's competence. Existing law authorizes the warden of a state prison to whom an incarcerated person is delivered for execution to suspend the execution of a judgment of death in specified circumstances. Under existing law, if the court sets a date for execution, the warden is required to report that to the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who is required to appoint 3 "alienists" (psychiatrists) from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation staff, at least 20 days prior to the date appointed for execution, to examine the defendant and investigate the defendant's sanity. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657&version=20210AB265799INT) 2. **03/31/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657&version=20210AB265798AMD) 3. **04/07/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657&version=20210AB265797AMD) 4. **06/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657&version=20210AB265796AMD) 5. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657&version=20210AB265794CHP) 6. **AB2657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657) 7. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2657&version=20210AB265795ENR) ## Votes - AB 2657 Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–17** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower - AB 2657 Stone Assembly Third Reading — **56–18** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2657 Stone By Skinner — **30–10** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Stone — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. - **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2022-04-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 4913.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-08** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-07-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5012.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. - **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m. - **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 795, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5393b31e-9471-4751-ade5-da2f7145e9a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).