republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-191.md

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Bill	Mental health: involuntary treatment.	Under existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, he or she may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. Existing law authorizes a person who has been detained for 72 hours and who has received an evaluation to be certified for not more than 14 days of intensive treatment related to the mental health disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism under specified conditions. Existing law further authorizes the person to be certified for an additional period not to exceed 14 days if that person was suicidal during the 14-day period or the 72-hour evaluation period, or an additional period not to exceed more than 30 days under specified conditions. Existing law requires, for a person to be certified under any of these provisions, a notice of certification to be signed by 2 people, and, in specified circumstances, authorizes the 2nd signature to be from a licensed clinical social worker or a registered nurse who participated in the evaluation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 191	California AB 191 (20172018)	bill	Mental health: involuntary treatment.	enacted	Wood	4	16	4	2017-01-19	2017-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/54ee4612-305b-4769-a96e-4444e6743b25	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB191	af837f3fc92a634b5c2ba8325d279beb29746679a916f5055f659daeaad08b15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 191 (20172018) — Mental health: involuntary treatment.

Under existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, he or she may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. Existing law authorizes a person who has been detained for 72 hours and who has received an evaluation to be certified for not more than 14 days of intensive treatment related to the mental health disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism under specified conditions. Existing law further authorizes the person to be certified for an additional period not to exceed 14 days if that person was suicidal during the 14-day period or the 72-hour evaluation period, or an additional period not to exceed more than 30 days under specified conditions. Existing law requires, for a person to be certified under any of these provisions, a notice of certification to be signed by 2 people, and, in specified circumstances, authorizes the 2nd signature to be from a licensed clinical social worker or a registered nurse who participated in the evaluation.

Version chain

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

1. 01/19/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB191 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 191 WOOD Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB191 Wood By Hernandez — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-20 From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 841.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2017-05-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2173.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54ee4612-305b-4769-a96e-4444e6743b25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).