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type: "Bill"
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title: "Inmates: medical treatment."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1703"
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citation: "California AB 1703 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Inmates: medical treatment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2016-01-25"
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last_action: "2016-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a424923-c447-412b-a371-30217ef7c281"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1703"
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source_hash: "a3e233178054fcef0b1c72fd1e4f8b870b97c459e5d30db4d11c1c79793cca2c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1703 (20152016) — Inmates: medical treatment.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1703&version=20150AB170399INT)
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2. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1703&version=20150AB170397CHP)
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3. **AB1703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1703)
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4. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1703&version=20150AB170398ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1703 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Santiago — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
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- **2016-02-08** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4231.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a424923-c447-412b-a371-30217ef7c281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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