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AB 19682025–2026 SessionIN COMMITTEEREPUBLICAN

Juveniles: transfer to court of criminal jurisdiction: offense.

Introduced Feb 13, 2026James Gallagher (R-CA)

Summary

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 or other prosecuting officer 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 add the crime of conspiracy to commit murder to the list of offenses for which a juvenile may be transferred to a court of criminal jurisdiction pursuant to the above-described provisions.

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Legislative Journey

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor
  4. Passed Chamber 1
  5. Passed Chamber 2
  6. Signed
Feb 13, 2026

Read first time. To print.

House
Feb 14, 2026

From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

House
Mar 2, 2026

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

House
Mar 17, 2026

In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.

House
Mar 24, 2026

In committee: Reconsideration granted.

House