--- type: "Bill" title: "Juveniles: case file inspection." description: "Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files, as defined. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the county counsel, city attorney, or any other attorney representing the petitioning agency in a dependency action." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 413" citation: "California SB 413 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Juveniles", "casefileinspection"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Allen"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-14" last_action: "2025-10-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27172599-9bf6-4807-8cdf-6e2731634ddb" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413" source_hash: "399136d27be05b6f0a0fbb77227c434f717d5c2fcbe272151eca9e7a2fd26ead" 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 413 (20252026) — Juveniles: case file inspection. Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files, as defined. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the county counsel, city attorney, or any other attorney representing the petitioning agency in a dependency action. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41399INT) 2. **06/25/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41398AMD) 3. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41397AMD) 4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41395CHP) 5. **SB413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413) 6. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41396ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper - SB 413 Allen Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB413 Allen Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Allen — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17** Set for hearing April 8. - **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21. - **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3066.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2821.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. - **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 221, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27172599-9bf6-4807-8cdf-6e2731634ddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).