Existing law authorizes a judge of the juvenile court in which a petition was filed to dismiss the petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss the petition, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the minor require that dismissal, or if the court finds that the minor is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the minor is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court.
California AB 2629 (20212022) — Juveniles: dismissals.
Existing law authorizes a judge of the juvenile court in which a petition was filed to dismiss the petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss the petition, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the minor require that dismissal, or if the court finds that the minor is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the minor is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2629 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–14 (pass) · lower
AB 2629 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — 51–20 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2629 Santiago By Leyva — 32–7 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4814.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 20.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 5076.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 14.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 970, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/642a5834-2be6-4b81-9def-996434d5a64c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).