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.
California AB 2321 (20192020) — Juvenile court records: access.
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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2321 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2321 Jones-Sawyer Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2020-02-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-03-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4727.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-19 From Consent Calendar.
2020-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2020-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4353.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5340.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5910374-14bb-45f2-85e7-0076da220e9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).