Existing law authorizes a court, when an inmate requires medical or surgical treatment necessitating hospitalization that cannot be furnished at the jail, to order the removal of the inmate to a hospital, as specified. Existing law authorizes a sheriff or jailer who determines that a prisoner in a city or county jail under his or her charge is in need of immediate medical or hospital care, and that the health and welfare of the prisoner will be injuriously affected unless the prisoner is forthwith removed to a hospital, to authorize the immediate removal of the prisoner under guard to a hospital, without first obtaining a court order.
California AB 1703 (20152016) — Inmates: medical treatment.
Existing law authorizes a court, when an inmate requires medical or surgical treatment necessitating hospitalization that cannot be furnished at the jail, to order the removal of the inmate to a hospital, as specified. Existing law authorizes a sheriff or jailer who determines that a prisoner in a city or county jail under his or her charge is in need of immediate medical or hospital care, and that the health and welfare of the prisoner will be injuriously affected unless the prisoner is forthwith removed to a hospital, to authorize the immediate removal of the prisoner under guard to a hospital, without first obtaining a court order.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1703 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
2016-02-08 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-03-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 1). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4231.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-05-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a424923-c447-412b-a371-30217ef7c281. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).