republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1906.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health: sexually violent predators."
description: "Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to refer a person who is in custody under that department's jurisdiction, who is serving a determinate sentence or whose parole has been revoked, for evaluation by the State Department of State Hospitals if the secretary determines that the person may be a sexually violent predator. Existing law establishes a screening process for the department and the Board of Parole Hearings to determine whether a person has committed a sexually violent offense, and to determine if the person is likely to be a sexually violent predator prior to referral to the State Department of State Hospitals for a full evaluation. Existing law authorizes the board, upon a showing of good cause, as defined, to order that the person referred to the State Department of State Hospitals remain in custody for no more than 45 days beyond the person's scheduled release date for full evaluation. Existing law requires, if the State Department of State Hospitals determines that the person is a sexually violent predator, as defined, the Director of State Hospitals to forward a request to a specified county for a petition to be filed for the person to be committed to a facility for mental health treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1906"
citation: "California AB 1906 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health: sexually violent predators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e7544cc-d4d5-44ef-9e07-0467f2aaaf2b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1906"
source_hash: "b80d1e706079bc8ac31613570bb00a54084f3ee493cb7d6efa8692874e21f092"
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 AB 1906 (20152016) — Mental health: sexually violent predators.

Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to refer a person who is in custody under that department's jurisdiction, who is serving a determinate sentence or whose parole has been revoked, for evaluation by the State Department of State Hospitals if the secretary determines that the person may be a sexually violent predator. Existing law establishes a screening process for the department and the Board of Parole Hearings to determine whether a person has committed a sexually violent offense, and to determine if the person is likely to be a sexually violent predator prior to referral to the State Department of State Hospitals for a full evaluation. Existing law authorizes the board, upon a showing of good cause, as defined, to order that the person referred to the State Department of State Hospitals remain in custody for no more than 45 days beyond the person's scheduled release date for full evaluation. Existing law requires, if the State Department of State Hospitals determines that the person is a sexually violent predator, as defined, the Director of State Hospitals to forward a request to a specified county for a petition to be filed for the person to be committed to a facility for mental health treatment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/11/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1906&version=20150AB190699INT)
2. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1906&version=20150AB190698AMD)
3. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1906&version=20150AB190696CHP)
4. **AB1906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1906)
5. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1906&version=20150AB190697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1906 Melendez By Morrell — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1906 MELENDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1906 MELENDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melendez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4040.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-05-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5053.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6127.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 878, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e7544cc-d4d5-44ef-9e07-0467f2aaaf2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).