---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile court records: sealing and destruction."
description: "Juvenile court records: sealing and destruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 744"
citation: "California AB 744 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile court records: sealing and destruction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClintock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3739fb-069a-4f48-8084-9dc4d0057ae4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744"
source_hash: "e7a67cdd7e5b256b664a104d6a79e5021441968adf80155aeb42a43569fd492e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 744 (19992000) — Juvenile court records: sealing and destruction.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744&version=19990AB74499INT)
2. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744&version=19990AB74498AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744&version=19990AB74497AMD)
4. **07/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744&version=19990AB74495CHP)
5. **AB744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744)
6. **07/15/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB744&version=19990AB74496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB744 McClintock — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClintock — primary (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2305.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1859.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3739fb-069a-4f48-8084-9dc4d0057ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).