CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1357Introduced by Assembly Member Celeste RodriguezFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1357, as introduced, Celeste Rodriguez. Juveniles: Division of Juvenile Justice: closure.Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged wards of the court to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill that responsibility. In this regard, existing law prohibited, beginning July 1, 2021, a ward from being committed to the Division of Juvenile Justice, except as specified, and required, by January 1, 2022, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice to develop a plan for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move prior to its final closure. Existing law requires the Division of Juvenile Justice to close on June 30, 2023.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1357Introduced by Assembly Member Celeste RodriguezFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1357, as introduced, Celeste Rodriguez. Juveniles: Division of Juvenile Justice: closure.Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged wards of the court to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill that responsibility. In this regard, existing law prohibited, beginning July 1, 2021, a ward from being committed to the Division of Juvenile Justice, except as specified, and required, by January 1, 2022, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice to develop a plan for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move prior to its final closure. Existing law requires the Division of Juvenile Justice to close on June 30, 2023.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1357
Introduced by Assembly Member Celeste RodriguezFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez
February 21, 2025
An act to amend Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1357, as introduced, Celeste Rodriguez. Juveniles: Division of Juvenile Justice: closure.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged wards of the court to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill that responsibility. In this regard, existing law prohibited, beginning July 1, 2021, a ward from being committed to the Division of Juvenile Justice, except as specified, and required, by January 1, 2022, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice to develop a plan for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move prior to its final closure. Existing law requires the Division of Juvenile Justice to close on June 30, 2023.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged wards of the court to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill that responsibility. In this regard, existing law prohibited, beginning July 1, 2021, a ward from being committed to the Division of Juvenile Justice, except as specified, and required, by January 1, 2022, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice to develop a plan for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move prior to its final closure. Existing law requires the Division of Juvenile Justice to close on June 30, 2023.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.
SECTION 1. Section 736.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
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736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.
736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.
736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.
736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting responsibility for all youth adjudged a ward wards of the court, commencing July 1, 2021, to county governments and providing annual funding for county governments to fulfill this new responsibility.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, a ward shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, except as described in subdivision (c).
(c) Pending the final closure of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, a court may commit a ward who is otherwise eligible to be committed under existing law and in whose case a motion to transfer the minor from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction was filed. The court shall consider, as an alternative to commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, placement in local programs, including those established as a result of the implementation of Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020.
(d) All wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice prior to July 1, 2021 2021, or pursuant to subdivision (c), shall remain within its custody until the ward is discharged, released or otherwise moved pursuant to law, or until final closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.
(e) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall close on June 30, 2023.
(f) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall develop a plan, by January 1, 2022, for the transfer of jurisdiction of youth remaining at the Division of Juvenile Justice who are unable to discharge or otherwise move pursuant to law prior to final closure on June 30, 2023.