republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2952.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile records: sealed records: access."
description: "(1) Existing law generally subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court. Under existing law, juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer, the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer, or the prosecuting attorney, as specified. Existing law requires a judge of the juvenile court to dismiss a petition if the ward satisfactorily completes an informal program of supervision, probation, or a term of probation, as specified. Existing law requires the court to order sealed all records pertaining to the dismissed petition in the custody of the juvenile court, and in the custody of law enforcement agencies, the probation department, or the Department of Justice. Existing law authorizes the sealed records of juveniles to be accessed, inspected, or utilized only under limited circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2952"
citation: "California AB 2952 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile records: sealed records: access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7da6606-4672-4d32-9543-47b9ae230ecd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952"
source_hash: "2817cbee855a90de91c7b2455f9085891e5d0344da1361c535171b04a1987d27"
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 2952 (20172018) — Juvenile records: sealed records: access.

(1) Existing law generally subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court. Under existing law, juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer, the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer, or the prosecuting attorney, as specified. Existing law requires a judge of the juvenile court to dismiss a petition if the ward satisfactorily completes an informal program of supervision, probation, or a term of probation, as specified. Existing law requires the court to order sealed all records pertaining to the dismissed petition in the custody of the juvenile court, and in the custody of law enforcement agencies, the probation department, or the Department of Justice. Existing law authorizes the sealed records of juveniles to be accessed, inspected, or utilized only under limited circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952&version=20170AB295299INT)
2. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952&version=20170AB295298AMD)
3. **08/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952&version=20170AB295297AMD)
4. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952&version=20170AB295295CHP)
5. **AB2952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952)
6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2952&version=20170AB295296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2952 Mark Stone By Stern — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2952 STONE Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2952 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5132.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **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 PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5776.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6859.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1002, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7da6606-4672-4d32-9543-47b9ae230ecd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).