--- type: "Bill" title: "Inmates: psychiatric medication: informed consent." description: "Existing law prohibits, except as specified, a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail from being administered any psychiatric medication without prior informed consent. Existing law authorizes a county department of mental health, or other designated county department, to administer to an inmate involuntary medication on a nonemergency basis only after the inmate is provided, among other things, a hearing before a superior court judge, a court-appointed commissioner or referee, or a court-appointed hearing officer." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1317" citation: "California SB 1317 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Inmates", "informed consent", "psychiatric medication"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-02-16" last_action: "2024-09-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daf188b2-78b2-42a5-8ca4-5391eee1b4e7" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317" source_hash: "b2e8b924521500d00141cc75bb41606831c292a04bcd4757ed1b344440e90a8c" 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 1317 (20232024) — Inmates: psychiatric medication: informed consent. Existing law prohibits, except as specified, a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail from being administered any psychiatric medication without prior informed consent. Existing law authorizes a county department of mental health, or other designated county department, to administer to an inmate involuntary medication on a nonemergency basis only after the inmate is provided, among other things, a hearing before a superior court judge, a court-appointed commissioner or referee, or a court-appointed hearing officer. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317&version=20230SB131799INT) 2. **04/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317&version=20230SB131798AMD) 3. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317&version=20230SB131797AMD) 4. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317&version=20230SB131796AMD) 5. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317&version=20230SB131794CHP) 6. **SB1317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317) 7. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1317&version=20230SB131795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent SB1317 Wahab et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB1317 Wahab et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1317 Wahab Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **76–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wahab — primary (person) - Cortese — coauthor (person) - Jones — coauthor (person) - McKinnor — coauthor (person) - Niello — coauthor (person) - Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person) - Umberg — coauthor (person) - Wallis — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-03** Set for hearing April 16. - **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3637.) (April 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13. - **2024-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4021.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-18** Coauthors revised. - **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-15** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member McCarty. - **2024-08-15** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6512.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-27** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5615.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 326, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daf188b2-78b2-42a5-8ca4-5391eee1b4e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).