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Bill	Juveniles: attorney qualifications.	Existing law subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the person to be a ward of the court, except as specified. Under existing law, a minor has the right to counsel of his or her own choice in proceedings to declare the minor a ward of the court. If the minor and his or her parents are indigent, the minor is entitled to appointed counsel.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 703	California AB 703 (20152016)	bill	Juveniles: attorney qualifications.	enacted	Bloom	6	22	7	2015-02-25	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/4d5feb56-bc6f-410a-84b0-99d083c07ae8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB703	acca7374ee4c60d01c8d72dcde7af574cbd0560e1bb8adeffc1eec279b005312	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 703 (20152016) — Juveniles: attorney qualifications.

Existing law subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the person to be a ward of the court, except as specified. Under existing law, a minor has the right to counsel of his or her own choice in proceedings to declare the minor a ward of the court. If the minor and his or her parents are indigent, the minor is entitled to appointed counsel.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB703 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 703 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB703 Bloom By Lara — 29–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bloom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-03-24 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1143.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-22 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2397.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 369, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d5feb56-bc6f-410a-84b0-99d083c07ae8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).