CA SB1401 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 1401

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Enrolled on August 27 2026 - 75% progression
Action: 2026-08-27 - Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Sections 1370 and 1370.01 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

Title

Criminal procedure: competence to stand trial.

Roll Calls

2026-08-27 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB1401 Stern Concurrence (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-26 - Assembly - SB 1401 Stern Senate Third Reading By Schultz (Y: 75 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-23 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-22 - Senate - Special Consent SB1401 Stern (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-27 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-08-27	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-26	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-26	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2026-08-13	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
2026-08-13	Assembly	Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05	Assembly	August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-25	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-24	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23).
2026-06-11	Assembly	June 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-06-01	Assembly	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-05-22	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-22	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4421.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-20	Senate	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4276.) (May 14).
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-27	Senate	April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-17	Senate	Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3872.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-27	Senate	Set for hearing April 14.
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-02-23	Senate	Read first time.
2026-02-23	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20	Senate	Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Penal Code	1370	Amended Code	Citation Text
Penal Code	1370.01	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1401
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1401#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1401#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1401#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1401#96ENR
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1401