Existing law prohibits a person from being tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent. Existing law establishes a process by which a defendant's mental competency is evaluated and by which the defendant receives treatment with the goal of returning the defendant to competency. Existing law allows a mentally incompetent defendant to be committed to the State Department of State Hospitals or other public or private treatment facility for a period of 3 years when a felony was committed or to a period of commitment equal to the maximum term of imprisonment provided by law for the most serious offense charged, whichever is shorter, and requires the defendant to be returned to the committing court after his or her maximum period of commitment.
California SB 1187 (20172018) — Competence to stand trial.
Existing law prohibits a person from being tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent. Existing law establishes a process by which a defendant's mental competency is evaluated and by which the defendant receives treatment with the goal of returning the defendant to competency. Existing law allows a mentally incompetent defendant to be committed to the State Department of State Hospitals or other public or private treatment facility for a period of 3 years when a felony was committed or to a period of commitment equal to the maximum term of imprisonment provided by law for the most serious offense charged, whichever is shorter, and requires the defendant to be returned to the committing court after his or her maximum period of commitment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1187 Beall Concurrence — 27–12 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 25–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
SB 1187 Beall Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — 54–22 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-03-06 Set for hearing March 20.
2018-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 4418.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-09 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-16 April 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4305.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4409.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 6582.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5864.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1008, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7e0af01-5bdc-4304-9ce3-95691a133cd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).