republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1038.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: dismissal of petition."
description: "Existing law subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court, except as specified. Under existing law, juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer, the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer, or the prosecuting attorney, as specified. Existing law authorizes a judge of the juvenile court to dismiss a petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss a petition, at any time before the minor reaches 21 years of age, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the minor require that dismissal, or if the court finds that the minor is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the minor is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1038"
citation: "California SB 1038 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: dismissal of petition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce12dc6-b8a9-4e54-977b-cedd18650421"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038"
source_hash: "5a2809d6e38f360a9da6abfa63b40461473611bb6079eba1865d0f8fbf288711"
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 1038 (20132014) — Juveniles: dismissal of petition.

Existing law subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court, except as specified. Under existing law, juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer, the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer, or the prosecuting attorney, as specified. Existing law authorizes a judge of the juvenile court to dismiss a petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss a petition, at any time before the minor reaches 21 years of age, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the minor require that dismissal, or if the court finds that the minor is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the minor is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038&version=20130SB103899INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038&version=20130SB103898AMD)
3. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038&version=20130SB103897AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038&version=20130SB103895CHP)
5. **SB1038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038)
6. **08/12/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1038&version=20130SB103896ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1038 Leno Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — **42–33** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1038 Leno Concurrence — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **23–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3094.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 3357.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 42. Noes 33. Page 5743.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 4398.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 249, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce12dc6-b8a9-4e54-977b-cedd18650421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).