republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-377.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: psychotropic medications: medical information."
description: "Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent or ward of the court under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes only a juvenile court judicial officer to make orders regarding the administration of psychotropic medications for a dependent child or a ward who has been removed from the physical custody of their parent. Existing law requires that court authorization for the administration of psychotropic medications to a child be based on a request from a physician, indicating the reasons for the request, a description of the child's diagnosis and behavior, the expected results of the medication, and a description of any side effects of the medication, and requires the Judicial Council to develop appropriate forms for the implementation of these provisions. Existing law requires, upon the approval or denial by the juvenile court judicial officer of a request for authorization for the administration of psychotropic medication, the county child welfare agency, probation department, or other person or entity who submitted the request to provide a copy of the court order approving or denying the request to the child's caregiver."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 377"
citation: "California SB 377 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: psychotropic medications: medical information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d2dbaa8-d26c-43f4-a775-f00492547567"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377"
source_hash: "8d7593ba22cd1ea5579641ead49cde46181d3141cc095a542636993dd1a74d6c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 377 (20192020) — Juveniles: psychotropic medications: medical information.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent or ward of the court under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes only a juvenile court judicial officer to make orders regarding the administration of psychotropic medications for a dependent child or a ward who has been removed from the physical custody of their parent. Existing law requires that court authorization for the administration of psychotropic medications to a child be based on a request from a physician, indicating the reasons for the request, a description of the child's diagnosis and behavior, the expected results of the medication, and a description of any side effects of the medication, and requires the Judicial Council to develop appropriate forms for the implementation of these provisions. Existing law requires, upon the approval or denial by the juvenile court judicial officer of a request for authorization for the administration of psychotropic medication, the county child welfare agency, probation department, or other person or entity who submitted the request to provide a copy of the court order approving or denying the request to the child's caregiver.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37799INT)
2. **04/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37798AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37797AMD)
4. **06/24/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37796AMD)
5. **06/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37795AMD)
6. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37794AMD)
7. **10/07/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37792CHP)
8. **SB377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377)
9. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB377&version=20190SB37793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB377 McGuire Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 377 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Mark Stone — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 23 in JUD. pending receipt.
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 768.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 798.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 1241.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** June 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3431.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2889.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 547, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d2dbaa8-d26c-43f4-a775-f00492547567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).