republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1617.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile case files: inspection."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1617"
citation: "California AB 1617 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile case files: inspection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d8e34f7-3c50-4ba6-bdd3-152aa1ea8251"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617"
source_hash: "aedf7e7f5c7f0b4a4d8996d8292e7f00fafb6f555964bbed88c6348a9cc4b31c"
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 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.

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161799INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161798AMD)
3. **05/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161796AMD)
4. **05/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161797AMD)
5. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161795AMD)
6. **06/27/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161794AMD)
7. **08/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161793AMD)
8. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161791CHP)
9. **AB1617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617)
10. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1617&version=20170AB161792ENR)

## Votes

- 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`
- **2017-05-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d8e34f7-3c50-4ba6-bdd3-152aa1ea8251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).