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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 1897

Mentally disordered offenders: criteria for commitment.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law requires that, as a condition of parole, a prisoner who has a severe mental health disorder be treated by the State Department of State Hospitals if the prisoner meets certain requirements, including, among others, that the person in charge of treating the prisoner and a practicing psychiatrist or psychologist from the State Department of State Hospitals have evaluated the prisoner and that a chief psychiatrist of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation certify to the Board of Parole Hearings that by reason of the prisoner's severe mental health disorder, the prisoner represents a substantial danger of physical harm to others. Existing law allows a prisoner to request a hearing before the Board of Parole Hearings for the purpose of proving that they meet the criteria to be treated by the State Department of State Hospitals. Existing law authorizes a prisoner who disagrees with the determination of the Board of Parole Hearings to file a petition in court in the county in which they are incarcerated or are being treated for a hearing on whether they met the criteria. This bill would require a psychiatrist or psychologist, when determining whether a prisoner represents a substantial danger of physical harm to others, to consider, among other things, the prisoner's history of violence that was related to their severe mental health disorder. The bill would also authorize the court, upon stipulation of the petitioner, prosecuting attorney, and defense counsel in the county of commitment to state prison, to conduct a hearing in the county of commitment to state prison.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:13 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 28, 2026
House		AB 1897 Haney Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 27, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB1897 Haney By WienerpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 30, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
May 26, 2026
House		AB 1897 Haney Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 14, 2026
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 21, 2026
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see

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