republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1290.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: costs."
description: "Existing law, since January 1, 2018, prohibits the imposition of financial liability on the parents or guardians of a minor who has been adjudged a ward of the juvenile court for certain county-assessed or court-ordered costs, such as transportation to a juvenile facility, legal assistance, and home supervision. Existing law, since January 1, 2018, does not require minors who are required to submit to drug and substance abuse testing to pay for the costs associated with testing. Finally, existing law, since January 1, 2018, only requires adults over 21 years of age to pay an administrative fee associated with a home detention program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1290"
citation: "California SB 1290 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: costs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806d2c86-d5c1-491d-a5e5-1591b29d1f0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1290"
source_hash: "f7748ec83028580477dc78ee4f6cf13fbab80f0823599f63e4e1ce673c35d00c"
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 SB 1290 (20192020) — Juveniles: costs.

Existing law, since January 1, 2018, prohibits the imposition of financial liability on the parents or guardians of a minor who has been adjudged a ward of the juvenile court for certain county-assessed or court-ordered costs, such as transportation to a juvenile facility, legal assistance, and home supervision. Existing law, since January 1, 2018, does not require minors who are required to submit to drug and substance abuse testing to pay for the costs associated with testing. Finally, existing law, since January 1, 2018, only requires adults over 21 years of age to pay an administrative fee associated with a home detention program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1290&version=20190SB129099INT)
2. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1290&version=20190SB129097CHP)
3. **SB1290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1290)
4. **08/25/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1290&version=20190SB129098ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1290 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Chiu — **64–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1290 Durazo et al. — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Durazo — primary (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — author (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** Set for hearing March 31.
- **2020-03-18** March 31 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-12** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3569.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-05-28** June 1 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 3677.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 4. Page 5173.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 340, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/806d2c86-d5c1-491d-a5e5-1591b29d1f0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).