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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1959: Juvenile justice.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1959 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Juvenile justice. Primary sponsor: Darshana R. Patel (D). Most recent recorded action (September 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2026.

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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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Darshana R. PatelPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly76

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2026.
  3. Approved by the Governor.
  4. Approved by the Governor.
  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  6. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  7. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  8. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5584.).
  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0.).
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page