Juan Alanis
- Republican
- Assemblymember
- District 22
Author
Existing law requires a county coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of certain deaths. Existing law either requires or authorizes a county coroner, under certain circumstances, to perform, or cause to be performed, an autopsy on a decedent. Existing law imposes certain requirements on a coroner conducting a postmortem examination or autopsy on an unidentified body or human remains. Existing law requires a coroner to investigate deaths that occurred under specified conditions, including without medical attendance, to ascertain as many of the facts as possible. This bill would authorize a coroner to test the bodily fluid of a deceased person for the presence of xylazine if the coroner reasonably suspects the person died from an accidental or intentional opioid overdose or if the person was administered an overdose intervention drug prior to death and was unresponsive to the drug. If the testing is conducted, the bill would require the coroner to report a positive result to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program and provide the State Department of Public Health with a quarterly report on positive results, as specified. The bill would require the department to post specified information, including, among other things, the total number of xylazine-positive results reported to the department, on the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard located on the department's internet website.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 684, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5619.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (February 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1859 | HTML |
| 01/18/24 - Introduced | |
| 08/05/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/15/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/20/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 02/26/24- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 03/18/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/14/24- Senate Public Safety | |
| 06/24/24- Senate Health | |
| 08/09/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/15/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/18/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/21/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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