California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 11 — Peace officer training: mental health.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 468, Statutes of 2015.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2014. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 15 sponsors

    1 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) . Existing law requires POST to include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both. Existing law also requires POST to establish and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law enforcement interaction with developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons. This bill would require POST to review the training module relating to persons with a mental illness, intellectual disability, or substance abuse disorder in its basic training course, and develop additional training to better prepare law enforcement officers to recognize, deescalate, and appropriately respond to persons with mental illness, intellectual disability, or substance use disorders. The bill would require that this training be at least 15 hours, address issues relating to stigma, be culturally relevant and appropriate, include training scenarios and facilitated learning activities, and be included in the current hour requirement of the regular basic course. The bill would also require POST to establish and keep updated a classroom-based continuing training course that includes instructor-led active learning relating to behavioral health and law enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and substance use disorders. The bill would require that this continuing training course be at least 3 consecutive hours. The bill would require this course be made available to each law enforcement officer with a rank of supervisor or below and who is assigned to patrol duties or to supervise officers who are assigned to patrol duties. This bill would require implementation of the training module and continuing training course no later than August 1, 2016.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 468, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2417.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 2722.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27).

  10. August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  13. June 30 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  14. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  15. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1248.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1145.) (May 28).

  19. Set for hearing May 28.

  20. May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing May 11.

  22. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 507.) (April 7).

  24. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  25. Set for hearing April 7.

  26. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  27. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  28. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.

  30. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chávez · Cosponsor
  • Anderson · Cosponsor
  • Beall · Primary
  • Mitchell · Cosponsor
  • Frazier · Cosponsor
  • Galgiani · Cosponsor
  • Hancock · Cosponsor
  • Hertzberg · Cosponsor
  • Leno · Cosponsor
  • Liu · Cosponsor
  • Low · Cosponsor
  • Maienschein · Cosponsor
  • Monning · Cosponsor
  • Cristina Garcia · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 107 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Beall

Co-sponsors (14)

Not signed on (107)

107 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB11 Beall Concurrence

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

SB 11 Beall Senate Third Reading By MAIENSCHEIN

Passed 79 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70100
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79100
% of votes cast 99%1%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Burke — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Linder — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Chang — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Campos — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Kim — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Gray — Nay
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 3000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 11 do?
Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) . Existing law requires POST to include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both. Existing law also requires POST to establish and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law enforcement interaction with developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons. This bill would require POST to review the training module relating to persons with a mental illness, intellectual disability, or substance abuse disorder in its basic training course, and develop additional training to better prepare law enforcement officers to recognize, deescalate, and appropriately respond to persons with mental illness, intellectual disability, or substance use disorders. The bill would require that this training be at least 15 hours, address issues relating to stigma, be culturally relevant and appropriate, include training scenarios and facilitated learning activities, and be included in the current hour requirement of the regular basic course. The bill would also require POST to establish and keep updated a classroom-based continuing training course that includes instructor-led active learning relating to behavioral health and law enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and substance use disorders. The bill would require that this continuing training course be at least 3 consecutive hours. The bill would require this course be made available to each law enforcement officer with a rank of supervisor or below and who is assigned to patrol duties or to supervise officers who are assigned to patrol duties. This bill would require implementation of the training module and continuing training course no later than August 1, 2016.
Who sponsors SB 11?
SB 11 is sponsored by Chávez, Anderson, Beall, Mitchell, Frazier, Galgiani, Hancock, Hertzberg, Leno, Liu, Low, Maienschein, Monning, Cristina Garcia, and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of SB 11?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2014. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 11?
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