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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veteran overdose deaths."
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description: "Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health under the direction of the State Public Health Officer. Existing law requires that each death be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found. Existing law sets forth the persons responsible for completing the certificate of death and the required contents of the certificate, including, but not limited to, the decedent's name, sex, and birthplace. Existing law requires a person completing the certificate of death to record whether the decedent was ever in the Armed Forces of the United States."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1462"
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citation: "California AB 1462 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Veteran overdose deaths"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jim Patterson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c705ea67-35b9-4e40-976e-2b43c1b9f117"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1462"
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source_hash: "e6f96bd7082963429095eb91aeca623244a7da5623ea3035e328f05875ea3cee"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1462 (20232024) — Veteran overdose deaths.
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Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health under the direction of the State Public Health Officer. Existing law requires that each death be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found. Existing law sets forth the persons responsible for completing the certificate of death and the required contents of the certificate, including, but not limited to, the decedent's name, sex, and birthplace. Existing law requires a person completing the certificate of death to record whether the decedent was ever in the Armed Forces of the United States.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1462&version=20230AB146299INT)
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2. **09/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1462&version=20230AB146298AMD)
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3. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1462&version=20230AB146296CHP)
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4. **AB1462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1462)
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5. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1462&version=20230AB146297ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1462 Jim Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1462 Jim Patterson et al. By Rubio — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1462 Jim Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jim Patterson — primary (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1780.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2627.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3374.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 844, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c705ea67-35b9-4e40-976e-2b43c1b9f117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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