Existing statutory law, in counties that agree to be subject to these provisions pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, provides that when it appears to the court, or upon request of the prosecutor or counsel, that a minor who is alleged to come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a person who is or may be found to be a ward of the juvenile court may have a serious mental disorder, is seriously emotionally disturbed, or has a developmental disability, the court may order that the minor be referred for evaluation by a licensed mental health professional.
California AB 2212 (20092010) — Minors: mental competency.
Existing statutory law, in counties that agree to be subject to these provisions pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, provides that when it appears to the court, or upon request of the prosecutor or counsel, that a minor who is alleged to come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a person who is or may be found to be a ward of the juvenile court may have a serious mental disorder, is seriously emotionally disturbed, or has a developmental disability, the court may order that the minor be referred for evaluation by a licensed mental health professional.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2212 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
AB 2212 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Fuentes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2010-03-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2010-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2010-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-05-03 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-05-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5051.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-05-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2010-06-10 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-06-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-05 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-08-09 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4459.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2010-08-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6302.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2010-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/830a42e3-58ec-450f-8030-54760f523263. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).