---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile court: dual status children."
description: "Juvenile court: dual status children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 129"
citation: "California AB 129 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile court: dual status children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-01-15"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd4e0c14-467b-4447-9572-9d71fb857c54"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129"
source_hash: "897d18dd369a37fa3bbe5f06bc08f9a7eece5e4e1d8e08152c4f0b5f97b01885"
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 129 (20032004) — Juvenile court: dual status children.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12999INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12997AMD)
3. **03/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12996AMD)
4. **03/30/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12995AMD)
5. **04/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12994AMD)
6. **05/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12998AMD)
7. **05/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12993AMD)
8. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12992AMD)
9. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12991AMD)
10. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12989CHP)
11. **AB129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129)
12. **08/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB129&version=20030AB12990ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 129 cohn concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab129 cohn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 129 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7224.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4859.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. (Corrected March 9. ) `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4414.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-01-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2003-01-15** 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/bd4e0c14-467b-4447-9572-9d71fb857c54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).