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Bill	Juvenile offenders: recall of commitment.	Existing law provides that a person who is under 18 years of age and who commits a crime is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, as specified. If the juvenile court declares a person to be a ward of the court, the court issues an order with the disposition of the case. Under existing law, the court may, in some cases, commit the ward to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. Existing law prohibits a court from committing a ward to the Division of Juvenile Facilities under certain conditions unless the ward's most recent admitted or adjudicated offense is a specified serious or violent offense or a sex offense.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 324	California AB 324 (20112012)	bill	Juvenile offenders: recall of commitment.	enacted	Buchanan	9	34	9	2011-02-10	2012-02-29	openstates	ocd-bill/6d3b9019-bb45-46c8-82e3-469949565f5f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB324	5e56dc96b1eb1253be4d8f86edc3be337abbbcc8c0926bc1ae27f28dd2fbd552	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 324 (20112012) — Juvenile offenders: recall of commitment.

Existing law provides that a person who is under 18 years of age and who commits a crime is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, as specified. If the juvenile court declares a person to be a ward of the court, the court issues an order with the disposition of the case. Under existing law, the court may, in some cases, commit the ward to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. Existing law prohibits a court from committing a ward to the Division of Juvenile Facilities under certain conditions unless the ward's most recent admitted or adjudicated offense is a specified serious or violent offense or a sex offense.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/31/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/07/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/29/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/22/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/13/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. AB324 (committee substitute) — source
9. 02/23/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 324 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — 49–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB324 Buchanan By Anderson Urgency Clause — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 324 BUCHANAN Concurrence - Urgency Added — 74–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Buchanan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 22. Page 1038.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-06-21 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2011-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-07-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-01-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-02-01 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-02-01 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-02-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-02-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (February 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-02-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-02-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-02-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 2818.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-02-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-02-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2012-02-21 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3771.)
• 2012-02-21 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (February 21). committee-passage
• 2012-02-23 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 3795.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-02-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
• 2012-02-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-02-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d3b9019-bb45-46c8-82e3-469949565f5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).