Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the minor, his or her parents or guardian, and the attorneys for the parties, judges, referees, other hearing officers, probation officers, and law enforcement officers who are actively participating in criminal or juvenile proceedings involving the minor. Existing law also authorizes some of those individuals to receive copies of the case file. Existing law requires a person who is seeking access to a juvenile case file that is privileged or confidential pursuant to any other state or federal law and who is not entitled to access the record to petition the juvenile court for access.
California AB 1617 (20172018) — Juvenile case files: inspection.
Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the minor, his or her parents or guardian, and the attorneys for the parties, judges, referees, other hearing officers, probation officers, and law enforcement officers who are actively participating in criminal or juvenile proceedings involving the minor. Existing law also authorizes some of those individuals to receive copies of the case file. Existing law requires a person who is seeking access to a juvenile case file that is privileged or confidential pursuant to any other state or federal law and who is not entitled to access the record to petition the juvenile court for access.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1617 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 56–20 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1617 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–4 (pass) · lower
AB 1617 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bloom — primary (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
2017-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-05-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 1921.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2017-07-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-05-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-05-10 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-05-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-05-17 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5283.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-16 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2018-08-23 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage
2018-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6641.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 992, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d8e34f7-3c50-4ba6-bdd3-152aa1ea8251. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).