Juveniles: transfer to court of criminal jurisdiction: appeals.
Existing law subjects a minor between 12 and 17 years of age, inclusive, who violates any federal, state, or local law or ordinance to, and a minor under 12 years of age who is alleged to have committed specified serious offenses to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. Existing law authorizes 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 the minor 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 the minor was 14 or 15 years of age, but the minor was not apprehended prior to the end of juvenile court jurisdiction.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 624
California AB 624 (20212022)
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Juveniles: transfer to court of criminal jurisdiction: appeals.
California AB 624 (20212022) — Juveniles: transfer to court of criminal jurisdiction: appeals.
Existing law subjects a minor between 12 and 17 years of age, inclusive, who violates any federal, state, or local law or ordinance to, and a minor under 12 years of age who is alleged to have committed specified serious offenses to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. Existing law authorizes 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 the minor 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 the minor was 14 or 15 years of age, but the minor was not apprehended prior to the end of juvenile court jurisdiction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 624 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-03-16 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
2021-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-03-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2021-04-21 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
2021-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-04-28 Coauthors revised.
2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1624.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2240.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fead581c-35f2-41ad-9028-863616cc3377. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).