Existing law provides that if a defendant becomes mentally incompetent, a trial or judgment related to that defendant shall be suspended until he or she becomes mentally competent. Existing law establishes procedures whereby the court determines the appropriate facility where an incompetent defendant shall be delivered for treatment, and determines whether the defendant consents to the administration of antipsychotic medication, or determines whether involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication is appropriate, as specified.
California AB 366 (20112012) — Defendants: involuntary antipsychotic medication.
Existing law provides that if a defendant becomes mentally incompetent, a trial or judgment related to that defendant shall be suspended until he or she becomes mentally competent. Existing law establishes procedures whereby the court determines the appropriate facility where an incompetent defendant shall be delivered for treatment, and determines whether the defendant consents to the administration of antipsychotic medication, or determines whether involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication is appropriate, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB366 Allen By Evans — 35–0 (pass) · upper
AB 366 ALLEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 366 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Be referred to Committee on Public Safety. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Achadjian — author (person)
Blakeslee — principal coauthor (person)
Mendoza — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2011-04-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage
2011-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1649.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-06-28 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-15 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2354.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3072.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4da138cc-160f-4b1e-bb21-b5f266401238. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).