Existing law, the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, as enacted by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, allows the district attorney to make a motion to transfer a minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction in a case in which a minor is alleged to have committed a felony when he or she was 16 years of age or older or in a case in which a specified serious offense is alleged to have been committed by a minor when he or she was 14 or 15 years of age. The existing Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016 may be amended by a majority vote of the members of each house of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with and further the intent of the act.
California SB 1391 (20172018) — Juveniles: fitness for juvenile court.
Existing law, the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, as enacted by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, allows the district attorney to make a motion to transfer a minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction in a case in which a minor is alleged to have committed a felony when he or she was 16 years of age or older or in a case in which a specified serious offense is alleged to have been committed by a minor when he or she was 14 or 15 years of age. The existing Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016 may be amended by a majority vote of the members of each house of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with and further the intent of the act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1391 Lara et al. Concurrence — 23–15 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lara — primary (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Mitchell — author (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-03-14 Set for hearing April 3.
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4516.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-09 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-11 April 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-13 Set for hearing April 23.
2018-04-23 April 23 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4309.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 4391.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 23. Page 6924.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 6034.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1012, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8bd3a71-c4b6-4649-9aa4-e181c9572199. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).