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, as defined. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the county counsel, city attorney, or any other attorney representing the petitioning agency in a dependency action.
California SB 413 (20252026) — Juveniles: case file inspection.
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, as defined. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the county counsel, city attorney, or any other attorney representing the petitioning agency in a dependency action.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
SB 413 Allen Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB413 Allen Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-17 Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-04-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3066.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2821.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 221, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27172599-9bf6-4807-8cdf-6e2731634ddb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).