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Bill	Juveniles: sex offenses.	Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 21, an initiative statute approved by the voters at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election, juvenile court hearings are closed to the public, except for juvenile court hearings alleging the commission of specified felonies. The Legislature may amend Proposition 21 by a statute passed in each house by a 23 vote.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 838	California SB 838 (20132014)	bill	Juveniles: sex offenses.	enacted	Beall	10	32	8	2014-01-06	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/415e0d19-2de9-43ed-b44f-7dd3177b8a7f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB838	3c36b93a69da08412bb37da93706606a27903ef096127eff3a7213fd471d0cfa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 838 (20132014) — Juveniles: sex offenses.

Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 21, an initiative statute approved by the voters at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election, juvenile court hearings are closed to the public, except for juvenile court hearings alleging the commission of specified felonies. The Legislature may amend Proposition 21 by a statute passed in each house by a 23 vote.

Version chain

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

1. 01/06/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/05/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/07/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/27/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/02/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB838 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/28/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 838 Beall Senate Third Reading By QUIRK-SILVA — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Supp 1 SB838 Beall Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beall — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Cannella — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Gorell — coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-01-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
• 2014-01-23 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-04-03 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2014-04-09 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-04-10 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
• 2014-04-10 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2014-05-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3310.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2014-05-19 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3703.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3656.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-06-17 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6416.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 919, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/415e0d19-2de9-43ed-b44f-7dd3177b8a7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).