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.