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type: "Bill"
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title: "Defendants: competency."
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description: "Existing law provides that if a defendant in a criminal proceeding is found mentally incompetent, the trial or judgment shall be suspended until the person becomes mentally competent. Existing law provides that the court shall order that the mentally incompetent defendant be delivered by the sheriff to a state hospital for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered, as directed by the State Department of State Hospitals, or to any other available public or private treatment facility approved by the community program director that will promote the defendant's speedy restoration to mental competence, or placed on outpatient status as specified. Existing law further specifies commitment proceedings to include circumstances for the voluntary and involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 2186"
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citation: "California AB 2186 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Defendants: competency."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2014-02-20"
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last_action: "2014-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c642432-6d89-4d98-ae71-2c025c02f58b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186"
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source_hash: "f159877e71a139d5cc67c290ef07c37b142bb62a49623788973562c7dafbd842"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2186 (20132014) — Defendants: competency.
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Existing law provides that if a defendant in a criminal proceeding is found mentally incompetent, the trial or judgment shall be suspended until the person becomes mentally competent. Existing law provides that the court shall order that the mentally incompetent defendant be delivered by the sheriff to a state hospital for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered, as directed by the State Department of State Hospitals, or to any other available public or private treatment facility approved by the community program director that will promote the defendant's speedy restoration to mental competence, or placed on outpatient status as specified. Existing law further specifies commitment proceedings to include circumstances for the voluntary and involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186&version=20130AB218699INT)
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2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186&version=20130AB218698AMD)
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3. **06/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186&version=20130AB218697AMD)
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4. **08/20/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186&version=20130AB218696AMD)
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5. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186&version=20130AB218694CHP)
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6. **AB2186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186)
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7. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2186&version=20130AB218695ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2186 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2186 Lowenthal By Anderson — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2186 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lowenthal — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4837.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4821.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2014-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.)
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- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6475.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c642432-6d89-4d98-ae71-2c025c02f58b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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