Conservatorship: serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
Existing law establishes a procedure, until January 1, 2024, for the County of Los Angeles, the County of San Diego, and the City and County of San Francisco, if the board of supervisors authorizes the appointment of a conservator for a person who is incapable of caring for the person's own health and well-being due to a serious mental illness and substance use disorder, as evidenced by frequent detention for evaluation and treatment, which is 8 or more detentions for evaluation and treatment in the preceding 12 months. Existing law automatically terminates a conservatorship initiated pursuant to these provisions one year after the appointment of the conservator unless the court specifies a shorter period. Existing law authorizes the person for whom conservatorship is sought to demand a court or jury trial on the issue of whether the person meets the criteria for the appointment of a conservator pursuant to these provisions. Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to adopt rules, forms, and standards necessary to implement these provisions.
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SB 40
California SB 40 (20192020)
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Conservatorship: serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
California SB 40 (20192020) — Conservatorship: serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
Existing law establishes a procedure, until January 1, 2024, for the County of Los Angeles, the County of San Diego, and the City and County of San Francisco, if the board of supervisors authorizes the appointment of a conservator for a person who is incapable of caring for the person's own health and well-being due to a serious mental illness and substance use disorder, as evidenced by frequent detention for evaluation and treatment, which is 8 or more detentions for evaluation and treatment in the preceding 12 months. Existing law automatically terminates a conservatorship initiated pursuant to these provisions one year after the appointment of the conservator unless the court specifies a shorter period. Existing law authorizes the person for whom conservatorship is sought to demand a court or jury trial on the issue of whether the person meets the criteria for the appointment of a conservator pursuant to these provisions. Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to adopt rules, forms, and standards necessary to implement these provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB40 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB40 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
SB 40 Wiener Third Reading Urgency By Chiu — 77–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Jones — coauthor (person)
Moorlach — coauthor (person)
Stern — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-12-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-13 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-03-19 Set for hearing April 9.
2019-04-04 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
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 652.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-11 Set for hearing April 23.
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 802.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1088.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1168.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-03 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-06-13 June 18 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-07-01 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 HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3043.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2603.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 467, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f7336b0-c3f6-4410-9630-61bc1111fe2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).