CA AB 1959
enactedJuvenile justice.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1959 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1959 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1959 about?
Existing law, as amended by the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, enacted by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes the district attorney to make a motion to transfer a minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction in a case in which a minor is alleged to have committed a felony when the minor was 16 years of age or older, or in a case in which a specified serious offense is alleged to have been committed by a minor when the minor was 14 or 15 years of age, but the minor was not apprehended prior to the end of juvenile court jurisdiction. This bill would, consistent with the intent of Proposition 57, authorize the district attorney to make a motion to transfer a minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction when the minor is alleged to have committed certain specified offenses when the minor was 14 or 15 years of age and was previously convicted in a court of criminal jurisdiction and is now subject to resentencing in juvenile court pursuant to specified provisions.
Who sponsors CA AB 1959?
Patel is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1959.
Description
Existing law, as amended by the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, enacted by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes the district attorney to make a motion to transfer a minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction in a case in which a minor is alleged to have committed a felony when the minor was 16 years of age or older, or in a case in which a specified serious offense is alleged to have been committed by a minor when the minor was 14 or 15 years of age, but the minor was not apprehended prior to the end of juvenile court jurisdiction. This bill would, consistent with the intent of Proposition 57, authorize the district attorney to make a motion to transfer a minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction when the minor is alleged to have committed certain specified offenses when the minor was 14 or 15 years of age and was previously convicted in a court of criminal jurisdiction and is now subject to resentencing in juvenile court pursuant to specified provisions.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-08
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Patelauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-27
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-20
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5584.).
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-15
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5207.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-22
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-09
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-08
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-03-18
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-02-13
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-07 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Schultz: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: other
AB 1959 Patel Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Caloza: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Wilson: other
- Bonta: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Ransom: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cortese: other
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