republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-92.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice."
description: "Existing law establishes the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate facilities to house specified juvenile offenders. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2021, prohibits further commitment of wards to the Division of Juvenile Justice unless the ward is otherwise eligible to be committed to the division and a motion was filed to transfer the ward from the juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction. Existing law requires that all wards committed to the division prior to July 1, 2021, remain within the custody of the division until the ward is discharged, released, or transferred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "California SB 92 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Justice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea3355c-9285-4e63-b077-bdab4388065f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92"
source_hash: "273ac818d99d1658b3284960d3dbfc821b12ec146c0623adec4fc9f8af6f2e40"
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 92 (20212022) — Juvenile Justice.

Existing law establishes the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate facilities to house specified juvenile offenders. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2021, prohibits further commitment of wards to the Division of Juvenile Justice unless the ward is otherwise eligible to be committed to the division and a motion was filed to transfer the ward from the juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction. Existing law requires that all wards committed to the division prior to July 1, 2021, remain within the custody of the division until the ward is discharged, released, or transferred.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92&version=20210SB9299INT)
2. **02/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92&version=20210SB9298AMD)
3. **04/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92&version=20210SB9297AMD)
4. **05/14/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92&version=20210SB9295CHP)
5. **SB92** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92)
6. **05/06/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB92&version=20210SB9296ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB92 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB92 — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 92 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading — **56–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 22. Noes 8. Page 76.)
- **2021-01-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-01-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 90.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 328.)
- **2021-02-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 1177.)
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-04-26** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 1245.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-05-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1003.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2021-05-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 18, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea3355c-9285-4e63-b077-bdab4388065f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).