Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
(1) Existing law, the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002, known as Laura's Law, requires each county to offer specified mental health programs, unless a county or group of counties opts out by a resolution passed by the governing body, as specified. Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for short-term and longer-term involuntary treatment and conservatorships for people who are determined to be gravely disabled.
California SB 1338 (20212022) — Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
(1) Existing law, the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002, known as Laura's Law, requires each county to offer specified mental health programs, unless a county or group of counties opts out by a resolution passed by the governing body, as specified. Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for short-term and longer-term involuntary treatment and conservatorships for people who are determined to be gravely disabled.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Archuleta — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Bloom — coauthor (person)
Caballero — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Cooper — coauthor (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Cunningham — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Eggman — author (person)
Gipson — coauthor (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Irwin — coauthor (person)
Newman — coauthor (person)
O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Santiago — coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Villapudua — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-22 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-16 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
2022-03-23 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-04-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 26.
2022-04-18 April 26 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-18 Withdrawn from committee.
2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-04-19 Set for hearing April 27 in HEALTH pending receipt.
2022-04-20 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD., HEALTH, and HUMAN S. referral-committee
2022-04-21 Referral to Com. on HUMAN S. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
2022-04-21 Set for hearing April 26.
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3515.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3543.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-04 May 9 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2022-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-17 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3793.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3916.) 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 Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-30 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 as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 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.
2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5374.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2022-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 319, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13f28986-1b63-44b2-bfbf-e1bf36bdfd80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).