republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-820.md

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Bill	Inmates: mental health.	Existing law prohibits a person from being tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent. Existing law establishes a process by which a defendant's mental competency is evaluated. Existing law, in the case of a misdemeanor charge in which the defendant is found incompetent, requires the court to hold a hearing to determine if the defendant is eligible for diversion. Existing law requires, if the defendant is not eligible for diversion, the court to hold a hearing to determine whether the defendant will be referred to outpatient treatment, conservatorship, or the CARE program, or if the defendant's treatment plan will be modified. Existing law requires the court to dismiss the case if a defendant does not qualify for the above-described services.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 820	California SB 820 (20252026)	bill	Inmates mentalhealth	enacted	Stern	6	24	6	2025-02-21	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/178e002c-17a9-4cf4-bdab-6b2685118e86	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB820	36c1261bda9c399d13957ca25dfbf29adf8fb6cb22488cfd8069f4cf5daeaa57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 820 (20252026) — Inmates: mental health.

Existing law prohibits a person from being tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent. Existing law establishes a process by which a defendant's mental competency is evaluated. Existing law, in the case of a misdemeanor charge in which the defendant is found incompetent, requires the court to hold a hearing to determine if the defendant is eligible for diversion. Existing law requires, if the defendant is not eligible for diversion, the court to hold a hearing to determine whether the defendant will be referred to outpatient treatment, conservatorship, or the CARE program, or if the defendant's treatment plan will be modified. Existing law requires the court to dismiss the case if a defendant does not qualify for the above-described services.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB820 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 820 Stern Senate Third Reading By Schultz — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB820 Stern Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (April 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1239.) 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 PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3189.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 330, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/178e002c-17a9-4cf4-bdab-6b2685118e86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).