--- type: "Bill" title: "Jurisdiction of the juvenile court." description: "Existing law places a person who is under 18 years of age within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for certain offenses, including, among others, the person habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of his or her parents or is habitually truant, as specified. Existing law also places a person who is under 18 years of age when he or she violates any law of this state or of the United States or specified ordinances of any city or county of this state to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Existing law authorizes a juvenile court to adjudge a person under these circumstances to be a ward of the court." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 439" citation: "California SB 439 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Jurisdiction of the juvenile court."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2017-02-15" last_action: "2018-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/295efabd-282f-4aa2-9b08-10c7bda8ff5d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439" source_hash: "05992dd838a2705b703f9e9ca9e16b269ab9c1fc4ebdc5a0d1c50ebba642dfcc" 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 439 (20172018) — Jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Existing law places a person who is under 18 years of age within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for certain offenses, including, among others, the person habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of his or her parents or is habitually truant, as specified. Existing law also places a person who is under 18 years of age when he or she violates any law of this state or of the United States or specified ordinances of any city or county of this state to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Existing law authorizes a juvenile court to adjudge a person under these circumstances to be a ward of the court. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439&version=20170SB43999INT) 2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439&version=20170SB43998AMD) 3. **06/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439&version=20170SB43997AMD) 4. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439&version=20170SB43996AMD) 5. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439&version=20170SB43994CHP) 6. **SB439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439) 7. **09/06/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB439&version=20170SB43995ENR) ## Sponsors - Mitchell — primary (person) - Kamlager-Dove — coauthor (person) - Lara — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-09** Set for hearing April 4. - **2017-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 599.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 24. - **2017-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 1063.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-13** June 13 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 43. Noes 32. Page 6969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 6125.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1006, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/295efabd-282f-4aa2-9b08-10c7bda8ff5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).