Public social services: administrative hearings: juvenile records access.
Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the minor, the minor's parents or guardian, and the attorneys for the parties, judges, referees, other hearing officers, probation officers, and law enforcement officers who are actively participating in criminal or juvenile proceedings involving the minor. Existing law also authorizes some of those individuals to receive copies of the case file. Existing law requires a person who is seeking access to a juvenile case file that is privileged or confidential pursuant to any other state or federal law and who is not entitled to access the record to petition the juvenile court for access.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 1071
California SB 1071 (20212022)
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Public social services: administrative hearings: juvenile records access.
California SB 1071 (20212022) — Public social services: administrative hearings: juvenile records access.
Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the minor, the minor's parents or guardian, and the attorneys for the parties, judges, referees, other hearing officers, probation officers, and law enforcement officers who are actively participating in criminal or juvenile proceedings involving the minor. Existing law also authorizes some of those individuals to receive copies of the case file. Existing law requires a person who is seeking access to a juvenile case file that is privileged or confidential pursuant to any other state or federal law and who is not entitled to access the record to petition the juvenile court for access.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1071 Umberg Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1071 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Bryan — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S., JUD., and PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-02-24 Referral to Com. on PUB. S. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
2022-03-10 Set for hearing March 29.
2022-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3253.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-03-31 Set for hearing April 19.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3436.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-26 Set for hearing May 2.
2022-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3646.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-12 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5333.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 613, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e559ac38-22a8-4ef1-8b78-8fdbfd9d93b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).