Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of a person who is a danger to themselves or others or who is gravely disabled. Existing law, for purposes of involuntary commitment, defines "gravely disabled" as either a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is unable to provide for their basic personal needs for food, clothing, or shelter or has been found mentally incompetent, as specified.
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of a person who is a danger to themselves or others or who is gravely disabled. Existing law, for purposes of involuntary commitment, defines "gravely disabled" as either a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is unable to provide for their basic personal needs for food, clothing, or shelter or has been found mentally incompetent, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 43 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB43 Eggman et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Holden — principal coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Niello — principal coauthor (person)
Pacheco — coauthor (person)
Papan — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Roth — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Sanchez — coauthor (person)
Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
2023-01-18 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-02-28 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
2023-03-08 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-20 Set for hearing March 29.
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 574.) (March 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 25.
2023-04-17 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
2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 892.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1158.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-08 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-28 Coauthors revised.
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-30 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
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-16 August 16 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3524.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2822.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 637, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72a40bcf-7dc1-42a0-86f1-221b39c2d54d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).