---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children: wards of the juvenile court: sibling visitation."
description: "(1) Under existing law, a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and become a dependent child of the court in certain cases, including when the child is abused, a parent or guardian fails to adequately supervise or protect the child, as specified, or a parent or guardian fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law generally subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1099"
citation: "California SB 1099 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children: wards of the juvenile court: sibling visitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68797182-5f01-457b-9e8b-93abb611fc4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099"
source_hash: "3a135d41dfd5840608a100a11702302fac6baf0018e03fdadccd340b0f20f0d4"
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 SB 1099 (20132014) — Dependent children: wards of the juvenile court: sibling visitation.

(1) Under existing law, a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and become a dependent child of the court in certain cases, including when the child is abused, a parent or guardian fails to adequately supervise or protect the child, as specified, or a parent or guardian fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law generally subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099&version=20130SB109999INT)
2. **04/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099&version=20130SB109998AMD)
3. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099&version=20130SB109997AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099&version=20130SB109996AMD)
5. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099&version=20130SB109994CHP)
6. **SB1099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099)
7. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1099&version=20130SB109995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1099 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1099 Steinberg Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3235.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3708.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3600.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6343.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6543.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4973.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68797182-5f01-457b-9e8b-93abb611fc4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).