Crimes: elder and dependent adult abuse: investigations.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person entrusted with the care or custody of any elder or dependent adult to willfully cause him or her to be injured or permit him or her to be placed in a situation in which his or her person or health is endangered. Existing law also authorizes county adult protective services agencies and local long-term care ombudsman programs to investigate elder and dependent adult abuse, but grants law enforcement agencies the exclusive responsibility for criminal investigations.
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SB 1191
California SB 1191 (20172018)
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Crimes: elder and dependent adult abuse: investigations.
California SB 1191 (20172018) — Crimes: elder and dependent adult abuse: investigations.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person entrusted with the care or custody of any elder or dependent adult to willfully cause him or her to be injured or permit him or her to be placed in a situation in which his or her person or health is endangered. Existing law also authorizes county adult protective services agencies and local long-term care ombudsman programs to investigate elder and dependent adult abuse, but grants law enforcement agencies the exclusive responsibility for criminal investigations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar SB1191 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1191 Hueso Senate Third Reading By KALRA — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1191 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hueso — primary (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (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.
2018-03-12 March 20 hearing postponed by committee.
2018-03-13 Set for hearing April 3.
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4516.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-04-04 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-04-09 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-04-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4764.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-05-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-05 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
2018-08-06 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. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia.
2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6982.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6115.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b86de31c-cfd5-4026-bf74-accd7420b2bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).