---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth Bill of Rights."
description: "Existing law establishes the Youth Bill of Rights for all youth confined in a juvenile facility, which includes the right to receive adequate, appropriate, and timely mental health services, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1353"
citation: "California SB 1353 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Youth Bill of Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a204fd-e97b-4c63-a366-16df6a427471"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353"
source_hash: "06fa06aed875d85b11b9f02f2eed00f1e0a7e5108cc84bcf9305020c93393625"
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 1353 (20232024) — Youth Bill of Rights.

Existing law establishes the Youth Bill of Rights for all youth confined in a juvenile facility, which includes the right to receive adequate, appropriate, and timely mental health services, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353&version=20230SB135399INT)
2. **05/29/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353&version=20230SB135398AMD)
3. **06/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353&version=20230SB135397AMD)
4. **07/18/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353&version=20230SB135395CHP)
5. **SB1353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353)
6. **07/08/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1353&version=20230SB135396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1353 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Ting — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1353 Wahab et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wahab — primary (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3351.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3508.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-17** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5990.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-07-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4932.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a204fd-e97b-4c63-a366-16df6a427471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).