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Bill	Criminal procedure: mental health diversion.	Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion, for a period no longer than 2 years, to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law conditions eligibility on, among other criteria, a court finding that the defendant suffers from a mental disorder, as specified, and that the defendant's mental disorder played a significant role in the commission of the charged offense. Existing law makes defendants ineligible for the diversion program for certain offenses, including murder, voluntary manslaughter, and rape.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1223	California SB 1223 (20212022)	bill	Criminal procedure: mental health diversion.	enacted	Becker	9	29	6	2022-02-17	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/75eabc43-e99a-4381-946d-e1aae8e44a45	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223	16baf2b459f359b75807854ad9f5cbbe44569f96e841ecc6252c7192e69d7144	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1223 (20212022) — Criminal procedure: mental health diversion.

Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion, for a period no longer than 2 years, to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law conditions eligibility on, among other criteria, a court finding that the defendant suffers from a mental disorder, as specified, and that the defendant's mental disorder played a significant role in the commission of the charged offense. Existing law makes defendants ineligible for the diversion program for certain offenses, including murder, voluntary manslaughter, and rape.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1223 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1223 Becker et al. Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• SB 1223 Becker Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 48–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Becker — primary (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-18 From printer.
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2022-03-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3256.) (March 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2022-04-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 3925.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5416.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75eabc43-e99a-4381-946d-e1aae8e44a45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).