---
type: "Bill"
title: "Detention of minors in adult facilities."
description: "Detention of minors in adult facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 945"
citation: "California AB 945 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Detention of minors in adult facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2eb12b7-2c18-49a3-a36c-3b149f9f0591"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945"
source_hash: "0e9c82b5bb9785df48aaf2447b346e331eaf75ce2d09f8a206f0d0fbaf8a541a"
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 945 (20032004) — Detention of minors in adult facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94599INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94598AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94597AMD)
4. **06/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94596AMD)
5. **07/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94595AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94593CHP)
7. **AB945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945)
8. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB945&version=20030AB94594ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 945 nunez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab945 nunez by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 945 nunez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 332, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 3074.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1953.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. (Corrected July 15. ) `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 34. Page 1688.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 8.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/c2eb12b7-2c18-49a3-a36c-3b149f9f0591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).