Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that requires a county probation officer, once a person who was the subject of a petition has reached 18 years of age and the juvenile court's jurisdiction has been terminated, to petition the court to seal certain records in California.

Highlights:

• Requires county probation officers to petition the court to seal certain juvenile arrest records (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the court to order all records sealed if the court finds that the person has not been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude after the juvenile court’s jurisdiction was terminated (Sec. 1).  

• Specifies that individuals have to be informed if a petition was not filed by the department to have juvenile records expunged (Sec. 1).

• Requires the department, on a monthly basis, to review state summary criminal history information and identify arrests that are, among other conditions, of a person who was younger than 18 years of age and which did not result in a charge being sustained and do not have related pending juvenile delinquency matters (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the agency to report to the Department of Justice the records that shall be sealed, and would require the department to then seal its records of those arrests (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the probation department to additionally notify the Department of Justice, and require the department to seal the records in its custody relating to the arrest (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes a court, a state or local agency, and, subject to approval by a court, a researcher or research organization to access those juvenile records sealed by the court as a result of a petition filed by the probation department pursuant to the above provisions (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires a county probation officer, once a person who was the subject of a petition has reached 18 years of age and the juvenile court's jurisdiction has been terminated, to petition the court to seal certain records in California.

Highlights:

• Requires county probation officers to petition the court to seal certain juvenile arrest records (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the court to order all records sealed if the court finds that the person has not been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude after the juvenile court’s jurisdiction was terminated (Sec. 1).  

• Specifies that individuals have to be informed if a petition was not filed by the department to have juvenile records expunged (Sec. 1).

• Requires the department, on a monthly basis, to review state summary criminal history information and identify arrests that are, among other conditions, of a person who was younger than 18 years of age and which did not result in a charge being sustained and do not have related pending juvenile delinquency matters (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the agency to report to the Department of Justice the records that shall be sealed, and would require the department to then seal its records of those arrests (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the probation department to additionally notify the Department of Justice, and require the department to seal the records in its custody relating to the arrest (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes a court, a state or local agency, and, subject to approval by a court, a researcher or research organization to access those juvenile records sealed by the court as a result of a petition filed by the probation department pursuant to the above provisions (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text