--- type: "Bill" title: "Pretrial diversion: borderline personality disorder." description: "Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion, for a period no longer than 2 years, to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law conditions eligibility on, among other criteria, a court finding that the defendant suffers from a mental disorder, as specified, excluding antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and pedophilia." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 1412" citation: "California AB 1412 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Pretrial diversion", "borderline personality disorder"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hart"] version_count: 5 action_count: 23 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-02-17" last_action: "2023-10-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cdb07a1-e3ac-46aa-8fd1-ceaf2994763c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1412" source_hash: "7d50e0a1195474777c56e06b71f815368fbdf46ce6d18bce086773c0f697afe0" 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 1412 (20232024) — Pretrial diversion: borderline personality disorder. Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion, for a period no longer than 2 years, to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law conditions eligibility on, among other criteria, a court finding that the defendant suffers from a mental disorder, as specified, excluding antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and pedophilia. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1412&version=20230AB141299INT) 2. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1412&version=20230AB141298AMD) 3. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1412&version=20230AB141296CHP) 4. **AB1412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1412) 5. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1412&version=20230AB141297ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1412 Hart et al. By Wahab — **30–9** (pass) · upper - AB 1412 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–3** (pass) · lower - AB 1412 Hart Assembly Third Reading — **66–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hart — primary (person) - Gipson — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2023-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2023-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 1700.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2558.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.) - **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 3. Page 3301.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cdb07a1-e3ac-46aa-8fd1-ceaf2994763c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).