---
type: "Bill"
title: "County sheriffs: release of prisoners: medical release."
description: "Existing law requires the sheriff to receive all persons committed to jail by competent authority and authorizes a sheriff to release a prisoner from a county correctional facility for transfer to a medical care facility or residential care facility upon the advice of a physician, as specified, provided the sheriff gives specified notice to the superior court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1462"
citation: "California SB 1462 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County sheriffs: release of prisoners: medical release."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0914817-248f-461b-a11b-4e219de740b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462"
source_hash: "01fa5461ed5c685ff3b26d8f850555c11896a84d6ebe4542f3c21b694b29741a"
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 1462 (20112012) — County sheriffs: release of prisoners: medical release.

Existing law requires the sheriff to receive all persons committed to jail by competent authority and authorizes a sheriff to release a prisoner from a county correctional facility for transfer to a medical care facility or residential care facility upon the advice of a physician, as specified, provided the sheriff gives specified notice to the superior court.

## 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=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146299INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146298AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146297AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146296AMD)
5. **08/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146295AMD)
6. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146294AMD)
7. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146292CHP)
8. **SB1462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462)
9. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1462&version=20110SB146293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1462 Leno Concurrence — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- SB 1462 Leno Senate Third Reading By HUBER — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3209.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-01** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3597.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 3696.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-15** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6119.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6250.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 6442.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 5008.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 837, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0914817-248f-461b-a11b-4e219de740b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).