Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, among other provisions, authorizes a conservator of the person, of the estate, or of the person and the estate to be appointed for a person who is gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, as specified, in order to provide individualized treatment, supervision, and placement. Existing law authorizes a court to establish a temporary conservatorship for a period not to exceed 30 days and appoint a temporary conservator under specified circumstances. Existing law, if the proposed conservatee demands a court or jury trial on the issue of whether they are gravely disabled, authorizes the court to extend the temporary conservatorship until the date of the disposition of the issue by the court or jury trial if that extension does not exceed 6 months.
California SB 1394 (20212022) — Conservatorships: gravely disabled persons.
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, among other provisions, authorizes a conservator of the person, of the estate, or of the person and the estate to be appointed for a person who is gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, as specified, in order to provide individualized treatment, supervision, and placement. Existing law authorizes a court to establish a temporary conservatorship for a period not to exceed 30 days and appoint a temporary conservator under specified circumstances. Existing law, if the proposed conservatee demands a court or jury trial on the issue of whether they are gravely disabled, authorizes the court to extend the temporary conservatorship until the date of the disposition of the issue by the court or jury trial if that extension does not exceed 6 months.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1394 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (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.
2022-03-09 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-15 Set for hearing March 29.
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3255.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-03-30 Withdrawn from committee.
2022-03-30 Ordered to second reading.
2022-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3823.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-27 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
2022-06-27 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 996, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eddb833e-aedd-4c73-97aa-831f3381add4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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