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Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen’s Bill to Restore Judicial Discretion in Mental Health Diversion Cases Passes Key Committee

Sacramento, CA – This past Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Assembly Bill 46 (AB 46), authored by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee with strong support. The legislation aims to restore critical judicial discretion in California’s mental health diversion law—allowing judges to consider public safety before granting diversion in criminal cases.

Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen Introduces AB 2576 For Diversion: Attempted Murder

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (D-Elk Grove) introduced her bill AB 2576. This bill ensures public safety by adding attempted murder to the list of crimes ineligible for mental health diversion, whereby individuals who attempt to take another’s life are not released into the community without appropriate accountability measures.