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type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile records: inspection: prosecutorial discovery."
description: "(1) 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1537"
citation: "California AB 1537 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile records: inspection: prosecutorial discovery."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d94cb216-80bd-4bcb-8e3f-37a545f632dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537"
source_hash: "2a0b283b46888cb1709b03cb4dd823534abc69560f2e3fc9ee8d94ee32c8fb79"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 1537 (20192020) — Juvenile records: inspection: prosecutorial discovery.
(1) 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.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537&version=20190AB153799INT)
2. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537&version=20190AB153798AMD)
3. **04/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537&version=20190AB153797AMD)
4. **07/01/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537&version=20190AB153795CHP)
5. **AB1537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537)
6. **06/21/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1537&version=20190AB153796ENR)
## Votes
- Special Consent AB1537 — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 1537 Cunningham Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cunningham — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** 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`
- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1480.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1679.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2019-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d94cb216-80bd-4bcb-8e3f-37a545f632dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).