republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2531.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State hospitals: prohibited items."
description: "Existing law provides for state mental hospitals for the treatment of mentally disordered persons. Existing law places these hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, and authorizes the department to adopt uniform rules and regulations regarding the conduct and management of these facilities, including prohibiting patients from possessing certain items. Existing law requires the hospital director to be responsible for the overall management of the hospital, and authorizes the hospital director to establish rules and regulations, as specified, concerning the care and treatment of patients, research, clinical training, and for the government of the hospital buildings and grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2531"
citation: "California AB 2531 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State hospitals: prohibited items."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56767a74-1637-4c9b-a1f4-5af3b8e8a769"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531"
source_hash: "4f84ed79440ab4db6d8ef38b1fd583f1694fe047ee27800eb35f9144e7bbe50c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2531 (20112012) — State hospitals: prohibited items.

Existing law provides for state mental hospitals for the treatment of mentally disordered persons. Existing law places these hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, and authorizes the department to adopt uniform rules and regulations regarding the conduct and management of these facilities, including prohibiting patients from possessing certain items. Existing law requires the hospital director to be responsible for the overall management of the hospital, and authorizes the hospital director to establish rules and regulations, as specified, concerning the care and treatment of patients, research, clinical training, and for the government of the hospital buildings and grounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531&version=20110AB253199INT)
2. **04/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531&version=20110AB253198AMD)
3. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531&version=20110AB253197AMD)
4. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531&version=20110AB253195CHP)
5. **AB2531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531)
6. **09/07/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2531&version=20110AB253196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #16 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2531 ALLEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2531 ALLEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4887.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4782.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6424.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 385, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56767a74-1637-4c9b-a1f4-5af3b8e8a769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).