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AB 2112 — Suicide prevention.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2020.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2020. Enacted.
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Enacted
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20 sponsors
1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (10 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 8 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health within the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would authorize the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention within the department, would require the office to perform specified duties, including providing information and technical assistance to statewide and regional partners regarding best practices on suicide prevention policies and programs and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide, and authorize the office to apply for and use federal, state, and foundation grants. The bill would require the office to consult with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to implement suicide prevention efforts. The bill would require that the duties and responsibilities of the office be accomplished with existing staff and resources. The bill would make these provisions operative subject to an appropriation for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 09/25/20 - Chaptered Current pdf September 25, 2020
- Enrolled 09/04/20 - Enrolled pdf September 04, 2020
- Amended 08/24/20 - Amended Senate pdf August 24, 2020
- Amended 08/20/20 - Amended Senate pdf August 20, 2020
- Amended 08/12/20 - Amended Senate pdf August 12, 2020
- Amended 07/15/20 - Amended Senate pdf July 15, 2020
- Amended 06/04/20 - Amended Assembly pdf June 04, 2020
- Amended 05/20/20 - Amended Assembly pdf May 20, 2020
- Amended 03/16/20 - Amended Assembly pdf March 16, 2020
- Introduced 02/06/20 - Introduced pdf February 06, 2020
- AB2112 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2020.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5425.).
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20).
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In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 10).
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4785.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18).
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- James C. Ramos · Primary
- Marc Berman · Cosponsor
- Beall · Cosponsor
- Melissa Hurtado · Cosponsor
- Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry · Cosponsor
- Bigelow · Cosponsor
- Burke · Cosponsor
- Heath Flora · Cosponsor
- Sharon Quirk-Silva · Cosponsor
- Rodriguez · Cosponsor
- Waldron · Cosponsor
- Buffy Wicks · Cosponsor
- Wood · Cosponsor
- Chang · Cosponsor
- Leyva · Cosponsor
- Monning · Cosponsor
- Blanca E. Rubio · Cosponsor
- Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
- Joaquin Arambula · Cosponsor
- Juan Carrillo · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 102 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Ramos, James C. Democratic
Co-sponsors (19)
- Berman, Marc Democratic
- Beall
- Hurtado, Melissa Democratic
- Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic
- Bigelow
- Burke
- Flora, Heath Republican
- Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic
- Rodriguez
- Waldron
- Wicks, Buffy Democratic
- Wood
- Chang
- Leyva
- Monning
- Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic
- Garcia, Robert Democratic
- Arambula, Joaquin Democratic
- Carrillo, Juan Democratic
Not signed on (102)
102 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 102 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 76 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Diep | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Gloria | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Obernolte | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Not Voting |
| Eggman | — | Not Voting |
| Voepel | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | 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 |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Borgeas | — | Yea |
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Moorlach | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Chang | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Archuleta, Bob | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Gonzalez, Lena A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Umberg, Thomas J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez, Lena A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Gloria | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Diep | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Obernolte | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | 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 |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (18)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Fong | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Diep | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 2112 do?
- Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health within the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would authorize the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention within the department, would require the office to perform specified duties, including providing information and technical assistance to statewide and regional partners regarding best practices on suicide prevention policies and programs and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide, and authorize the office to apply for and use federal, state, and foundation grants. The bill would require the office to consult with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to implement suicide prevention efforts. The bill would require that the duties and responsibilities of the office be accomplished with existing staff and resources. The bill would make these provisions operative subject to an appropriation for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
- Who sponsors AB 2112?
- AB 2112 is sponsored by Ramos, James C. (Democratic), Berman, Marc (Democratic), Beall, Hurtado, Melissa (Democratic), Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Bigelow, Burke, Flora, Heath (Republican), Quirk-Silva, Sharon (Democratic), Rodriguez, Waldron, Wicks, Buffy (Democratic), Wood, Chang, Leyva, Monning, Rubio, Blanca E. (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Arambula, Joaquin (Democratic), and Carrillo, Juan (Democratic).
- What is the current status of AB 2112?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2020. Enacted.
- Where can I track AB 2112?
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