---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: contemptuous habitual truants."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to punish for acts of contempt, including authorizing a court to direct the incarceration of a defendant until he or she complies with the court's order. Existing law prohibits a court from imprisoning or otherwise taking into custody the victim of a sexual assault or domestic violence crime for contempt of court if the contempt consists of refusing to testify about the sexual assault or domestic violence crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "California SB 1296 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: contemptuous habitual truants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fbb7b4f-c45f-47ec-b76b-091f2b11febd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1296"
source_hash: "0cced467ef4662a697e319c044f08faa852d0330d38def1ba0af668c9426c1e0"
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 1296 (20132014) — Juveniles: contemptuous habitual truants.

Existing law authorizes a court to punish for acts of contempt, including authorizing a court to direct the incarceration of a defendant until he or she complies with the court's order. Existing law prohibits a court from imprisoning or otherwise taking into custody the victim of a sexual assault or domestic violence crime for contempt of court if the contempt consists of refusing to testify about the sexual assault or domestic violence crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1296&version=20130SB129699INT)
2. **06/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1296&version=20130SB129697CHP)
3. **SB1296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1296)
4. **06/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1296&version=20130SB129698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1296 Leno Senate Third Reading By MELENDEZ — **77–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3094.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 3143.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5621.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 70, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fbb7b4f-c45f-47ec-b76b-091f2b11febd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).