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Bill	Juvenile proceedings: competency.	Existing law authorizes, during the pendency of any juvenile proceeding, the minor's counsel or the court to express a doubt as to the minor's competency. Existing law requires proceedings to be suspended if the court finds substantial evidence raises a doubt as to the minor's competency. Upon suspension of proceedings, existing law requires the court to order that the question of the minor's competence be determined at a hearing. Existing law requires the court to appoint an expert, as specified, to evaluate whether the minor suffers from a mental disorder, developmental disability, developmental immaturity, or other condition and, if so, whether the condition or conditions impair the minor's competency.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1214	California AB 1214 (20172018)	bill	Juvenile proceedings: competency.	enacted	Mark Stone	8	30	2	2017-02-17	2018-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/cee89c01-d4a3-419c-a14d-8f6fe131367d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1214	926a3942243ad27b57b7070205ae0b9bcdee57dbbe2aa48bd9e9a398d2483019	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1214 (20172018) — Juvenile proceedings: competency.

Existing law authorizes, during the pendency of any juvenile proceeding, the minor's counsel or the court to express a doubt as to the minor's competency. Existing law requires proceedings to be suspended if the court finds substantial evidence raises a doubt as to the minor's competency. Upon suspension of proceedings, existing law requires the court to order that the question of the minor's competence be determined at a hearing. Existing law requires the court to appoint an expert, as specified, to evaluate whether the minor suffers from a mental disorder, developmental disability, developmental immaturity, or other condition and, if so, whether the condition or conditions impair the minor's competency.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/10/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1214 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark Stone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1428.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-05-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-14 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-05-24 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-06-20 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 5760.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2018-08-28 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6705.)
• 2018-08-28 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 21. Page 6904.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 991, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cee89c01-d4a3-419c-a14d-8f6fe131367d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).