California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 282 — Aiding, advising, or encouraging suicide: exemption from prosecution.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 245, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 02, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · 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.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2026, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications and who has been determined by his or her attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease to request a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug. The act, with some exceptions, provides immunity from civil or criminal liability for specified actions taken in compliance with the act. Actions taken in accordance with the act do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, homicide, or elder abuse under the law. Existing law makes a person who deliberately aids, advises, or encourages another to commit suicide guilty of a felony. This bill would prohibit a person whose actions are compliant with the End of Life Option Act from being prosecuted for deliberately aiding, advising, or encouraging suicide.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 245, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 6348.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 5169.).

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

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 15).

  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  10. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 17. Page 3797.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 9).

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

  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

  17. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  18. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Jones-Sawyer · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jones-Sawyer

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 282 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 54 Yea · 20 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 381406
Democratic 16000
Republican 0600
Total 542006
% of votes cast 68%25%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Fong — Nay
Kiley — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Obernolte — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB282 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Monning

Passed 25 Yea · 9 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21805
Democratic 4100
Total 25905
% of votes cast 64%23%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Not Voting
Bates — Nay
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Fuller — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Portantino — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
De León — Yea
Chang — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 282 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading

Passed 45 Yea · 17 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3313010
Democratic 11004
Republican 1401
Total 4517015
% of votes cast 58%22%0%19%
How each member voted (77)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Holden — Yea
Fong — Nay
Kiley — Not Voting
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Not Voting
Mullin — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Not Voting
Cooper — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
Obernolte — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5001
Republican 1000
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Not Voting
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 282 do?
Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2026, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications and who has been determined by his or her attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease to request a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug. The act, with some exceptions, provides immunity from civil or criminal liability for specified actions taken in compliance with the act. Actions taken in accordance with the act do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, homicide, or elder abuse under the law. Existing law makes a person who deliberately aids, advises, or encourages another to commit suicide guilty of a felony. This bill would prohibit a person whose actions are compliant with the End of Life Option Act from being prosecuted for deliberately aiding, advising, or encouraging suicide.
Who sponsors AB 282?
AB 282 is sponsored by Jones-Sawyer.
What is the current status of AB 282?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 02, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 282?
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