(1) Existing federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act, establishes a procedure for classification of certain aliens as special immigrants who have been declared dependent on a juvenile court, and authorizes those aliens who have been granted special immigrant juvenile status to apply for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident within the United States. Under federal regulations, state juvenile courts are charged with making a preliminary determination of the child's dependency, as specified. Existing federal regulations define juvenile court to mean a court located in the United States having jurisdiction under state law to make judicial determinations about the custody and care of juveniles.
(1) Existing federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act, establishes a procedure for classification of certain aliens as special immigrants who have been declared dependent on a juvenile court, and authorizes those aliens who have been granted special immigrant juvenile status to apply for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident within the United States. Under federal regulations, state juvenile courts are charged with making a preliminary determination of the child's dependency, as specified. Existing federal regulations define juvenile court to mean a court located in the United States having jurisdiction under state law to make judicial determinations about the custody and care of juveniles.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2014-08-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 25. Noes 1.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 6331.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2014-08-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 9.) (August 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6711.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4985.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2014-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 685, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1241c2ff-b754-445f-b9a0-3417db634769. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).