republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-27.md

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Bill	Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.	Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria. Existing law authorizes a specified individual to commence the CARE process, known as the original petitioner. Existing law authorizes the court to dismiss a case without prejudice when the court finds that a petitioner has not made a prima facie showing that they qualify for the CARE process. Existing law requires the court to take prescribed actions if it finds that a prima facie showing has been made, including, but not limited to, setting the matter for an initial appearance on the petition. Existing law requires the court, if it determines the parties have entered or are likely to enter into a CARE agreement, to either approve or modify the CARE agreement and continue the matter at a progress hearing in 60 days, or continue the matter for 14 days to allow the parties additional time to enter into an agreement.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 27	California SB 27 (20252026)	bill	CommunityAssistance Recovery andEmpowerment(CARE)CourtProgram	enacted	Umberg	7	25	8	2024-12-02	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/5d61555a-b6d5-4efa-8b1c-909090ed1e96	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB27	1bd0f54a5c56fa29c49c36718ea29516a4bad18cede99a2fac54a29391558784	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 27 (20252026) — Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.

Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria. Existing law authorizes a specified individual to commence the CARE process, known as the original petitioner. Existing law authorizes the court to dismiss a case without prejudice when the court finds that a petitioner has not made a prima facie showing that they qualify for the CARE process. Existing law requires the court to take prescribed actions if it finds that a prima facie showing has been made, including, but not limited to, setting the matter for an initial appearance on the petition. Existing law requires the court, if it determines the parties have entered or are likely to enter into a CARE agreement, to either approve or modify the CARE agreement and continue the matter at a progress hearing in 60 days, or continue the matter for 14 days to allow the parties additional time to enter into an agreement.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB27 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 27 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Gipson — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB27 Umberg Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-12-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 704.) (April 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1237.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-06-17 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
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3339.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 528, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d61555a-b6d5-4efa-8b1c-909090ed1e96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).