CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 46Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie NguyenDecember 02, 2024 An act relating to diversion. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 46, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen. Diversion: attempted murder.Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law prohibits defendants charged with specified offenses, including murder, from being placed in this diversion program.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to add attempted murder to the list of specified offenses that would prohibit a defendant from being placed in this diversion program. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to draft legislation to add attempted murder, as defined, to the list of crimes that would make a defendant ineligible for mental health diversion.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 46Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie NguyenDecember 02, 2024 An act relating to diversion. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 46, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen. Diversion: attempted murder.Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law prohibits defendants charged with specified offenses, including murder, from being placed in this diversion program.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to add attempted murder to the list of specified offenses that would prohibit a defendant from being placed in this diversion program. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 46
Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie NguyenDecember 02, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyen
December 02, 2024
An act relating to diversion.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 46, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen. Diversion: attempted murder.
Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law prohibits defendants charged with specified offenses, including murder, from being placed in this diversion program.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to add attempted murder to the list of specified offenses that would prohibit a defendant from being placed in this diversion program.
Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law prohibits defendants charged with specified offenses, including murder, from being placed in this diversion program.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to add attempted murder to the list of specified offenses that would prohibit a defendant from being placed in this diversion program.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to draft legislation to add attempted murder, as defined, to the list of crimes that would make a defendant ineligible for mental health diversion.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to draft legislation to add attempted murder, as defined, to the list of crimes that would make a defendant ineligible for mental health diversion.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to draft legislation to add attempted murder, as defined, to the list of crimes that would make a defendant ineligible for mental health diversion.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to draft legislation to add attempted murder, as defined, to the list of crimes that would make a defendant ineligible for mental health diversion.
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