republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-413.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: case file inspection."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "California SB 413 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles", "casefileinspection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27172599-9bf6-4807-8cdf-6e2731634ddb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413"
source_hash: "399136d27be05b6f0a0fbb77227c434f717d5c2fcbe272151eca9e7a2fd26ead"
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 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.

1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41399INT)
2. **06/25/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41398AMD)
3. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41397AMD)
4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41395CHP)
5. **SB413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413)
6. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB413&version=20250SB41396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27172599-9bf6-4807-8cdf-6e2731634ddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).