republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1223.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: mental health diversion."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion, for a period no longer than 2 years, to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law conditions eligibility on, among other criteria, a court finding that the defendant suffers from a mental disorder, as specified, and that the defendant's mental disorder played a significant role in the commission of the charged offense. Existing law makes defendants ineligible for the diversion program for certain offenses, including murder, voluntary manslaughter, and rape."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1223"
citation: "California SB 1223 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: mental health diversion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75eabc43-e99a-4381-946d-e1aae8e44a45"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223"
source_hash: "16baf2b459f359b75807854ad9f5cbbe44569f96e841ecc6252c7192e69d7144"
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 SB 1223 (20212022) — Criminal procedure: mental health diversion.

Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion, for a period no longer than 2 years, to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law conditions eligibility on, among other criteria, a court finding that the defendant suffers from a mental disorder, as specified, and that the defendant's mental disorder played a significant role in the commission of the charged offense. Existing law makes defendants ineligible for the diversion program for certain offenses, including murder, voluntary manslaughter, and rape.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122399INT)
2. **03/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122398AMD)
3. **03/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122397AMD)
4. **06/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122396AMD)
5. **06/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122395AMD)
6. **08/25/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122394AMD)
7. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122392CHP)
8. **SB1223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223)
9. **09/09/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1223&version=20210SB122393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1223 Becker et al. Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 1223 Becker Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **48–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3256.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 3925.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** 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`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5416.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, 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/75eabc43-e99a-4381-946d-e1aae8e44a45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).