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type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: consent to medical care."
description: "Existing law authorizes a minor who is 12 years of age or older to consent to medical care and counseling relating to the diagnosis and treatment of a drug- or alcohol-related problem. Existing law exempts replacement narcotic abuse treatment, as specified, from these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 816"
citation: "California AB 816 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "consent to medical care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa74308-2f01-4713-ae71-58b99d0a1644"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB816"
source_hash: "b0fa72b9526a24870a7a783c7c834b1857124e5f5a37dbbaeab398c4c5b94868"
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 816 (20232024) — Minors: consent to medical care.
Existing law authorizes a minor who is 12 years of age or older to consent to medical care and counseling relating to the diagnosis and treatment of a drug- or alcohol-related problem. Existing law exempts replacement narcotic abuse treatment, as specified, from these provisions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB816&version=20230AB81699INT)
2. **09/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB816&version=20230AB81698AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB816&version=20230AB81696CHP)
4. **AB816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB816)
5. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB816&version=20230AB81697ENR)
## Votes
- AB 816 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **646** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB816 Haney By Wiener — **309** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **92** (pass) · upper
- AB 816 Haney Assembly Third Reading — **620** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Haney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 1543.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2579.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 6. Page 3311.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 456, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa74308-2f01-4713-ae71-58b99d0a1644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).