AB 1647: Juveniles: transfer to criminal court: criminal procedure.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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. Existing case law prohibits the use of a minor’s statements made at a transfer hearing or to a probation officer from being used during a criminal prosecution of the minor transferred to the court of criminal jurisdiction.

This bill would codify existing case law to prohibit the use of the minor’s statements made during a transfer hearing or to the minor’s probation officer for the purposes of preparing a report for a transfer hearing from being used against the minor during subsequent juvenile proceedings or subsequent criminal proceedings, as specified. This bill would state that the provisions of this bill are declaratory of existing law.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. September 27, 2026Vetoed by Governor.
2. August 25, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
3. August 19, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 10. Page 6244.).
4. August 17, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
5. August 17, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5493.).
6. June 25, 2026Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
7. June 24, 2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23).
8. May 13, 2026Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
9. May 5, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
10. May 4, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4901.)
11. April 23, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
12. April 22, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21).