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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health services."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (the Act) , authorizes the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, if a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or is gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by a peace officer, a member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility, designated members of a mobile crisis team, or another designated professional person, and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. The act also authorizes a conservator of the person, of the estate, or of both, to be appointed for a person who is gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2242"
citation: "California AB 2242 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 38
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89bbe66d-eac1-4c38-9a6e-c1caeed19f2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242"
source_hash: "33c5ebfe98ddefb17bbd534780f9b0b7641f238bf1d6c45e6b93afd50f8b5e30"
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 2242 (20212022) — Mental health services.
(1) Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (the Act) , authorizes the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, if a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or is gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by a peace officer, a member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility, designated members of a mobile crisis team, or another designated professional person, and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. The act also authorizes a conservator of the person, of the estate, or of both, to be appointed for a person who is gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224299INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224298AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224297AMD)
4. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224296AMD)
5. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224295AMD)
6. **06/13/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224294AMD)
7. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224293AMD)
8. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224292AMD)
9. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224291AMD)
10. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224289CHP)
11. **AB2242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242)
12. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2242&version=20210AB224290ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **121** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **121** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 2242 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- AB 2242 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — **631** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2242 Santiago et al. By Glazer — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Santiago — primary (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — author (person)
- Glazer — principal coauthor (person)
- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4359.)
- **2022-04-21** (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
- **2022-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 1.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 867, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89bbe66d-eac1-4c38-9a6e-c1caeed19f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).