Incompetence to stand trial: conservatorship: treatment.
(1) 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 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. If the defendant is gravely disabled upon his or her return to the committing court, existing law requires the court to order the conservatorship investigator of the county to initiate conservatorship proceedings on the basis that the indictment or information pending against the person charges a felony involving death, great bodily harm, or a serious threat to the physical well-being of another person.
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California Legislature
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SB 684
California SB 684 (20172018)
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Incompetence to stand trial: conservatorship: treatment.
California SB 684 (20172018) — Incompetence to stand trial: conservatorship: treatment.
(1) 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 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. If the defendant is gravely disabled upon his or her return to the committing court, existing law requires the court to order the conservatorship investigator of the county to initiate conservatorship proceedings on the basis that the indictment or information pending against the person charges a felony involving death, great bodily harm, or a serious threat to the physical well-being of another person.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 684 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent Calendar # SB684 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bates — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-03-23 Set for hearing April 18.
2017-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 749.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-04 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-05-04 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-09 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-05-09 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-10 Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1346.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-07-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2634.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2233.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 246, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3341e3a-9fda-45e1-abec-cafbcf0db213. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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