Existing law requires a county coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of certain deaths. Existing law either requires or authorizes a county coroner, under certain circumstances, to perform, or cause to be performed, an autopsy on a decedent. Existing law requires a coroner or medical examiner who evaluates an individual who died, in the coroner's or medical examiner's expert opinion, as the result of an overdose as a contributing factor, to report the incident to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program, as specified.
California AB 2871 (20232024) — Overdose fatality review teams.
Existing law requires a county coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of certain deaths. Existing law either requires or authorizes a county coroner, under certain circumstances, to perform, or cause to be performed, an autopsy on a decedent. Existing law requires a coroner or medical examiner who evaluates an individual who died, in the coroner's or medical examiner's expert opinion, as the result of an overdose as a contributing factor, to report the incident to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program, as specified.
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 [Health] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2871 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2024-03-18 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and P. & C.P. referral-committee
2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5445.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-12 From Consent Calendar.
2024-08-12 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27679aca-2ebf-4c57-877f-41cacbd1a671. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).