Kelly Seyarto
- Republican
- Senator
- District 32
Author
Existing law requires the coroner to inquire into and determine the manner, circumstances, and cause of all violent, sudden, or unusual deaths. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors, by ordinance, to abolish the office of coroner and provide instead for the office of medical examiner, to be appointed by the board and to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the coroner. This bill would require a coroner or medical examiner who evaluates an individual who died, in the coroner or medical examiner's expert opinion, as the result of an overdose to report the data gathered pursuant to the bill to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program managed by the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. By imposing new duties on coroners and medical examiners, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would exempt a coroner or medical examiner from civil or criminal liability for making a report in good faith. The California Constitution provides for the Right to Truth-in-Evidence, which requires a 23 vote of the Legislature to exclude any relevant evidence from any criminal proceeding, as specified. This bill would prohibit overdose information reported by a coroner or medical examiner from being used in a criminal investigation or prosecution, thereby requiring a 23 vote. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 859, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2733.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3151.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1159.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
Withdrawn from committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 831.) (April 19).
Set for hearing April 19.
April 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 12.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB67 | HTML |
| 01/05/23 - Introduced | |
| 02/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/24/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/06/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/15/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/13/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/10/23- Senate Health | |
| 04/17/23- Senate Health | |
| 05/05/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/26/23- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 07/07/23- Assembly Health | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/06/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/07/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/11/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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