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AB-1437 • 2026

Juveniles: registration.

Juveniles: registration.

Children Crime Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Macedo
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill has passed both chambers but its final status is pending executive action.

Juveniles: Registration

AB-1437 requires juveniles who are released from secure youth treatment facilities to register with local law enforcement as sex offenders.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires people who were in a secure youth treatment facility for certain crimes and are now being let out or paroled to register with the police.
  • Makes it against the rules not to follow these registration requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who were in a secure youth treatment facility for certain crimes and are being released or paroled.
  • Local law enforcement agencies that will receive registration information from these individuals.

Terms To Know

secure youth treatment facility
A place where young people who committed serious crimes go to be treated and rehabilitated before they are released back into the community.
registration
The process of officially telling a local police department about your identity and whereabouts, especially if you have been involved in certain types of criminal activity.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify which crimes require registration.
  • Does not explain how the new requirement will be enforced or what happens if someone does not register.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-04-22 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  4. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  5. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  6. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  7. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1437, as introduced, Macedo.
Juveniles: registration.
Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires a person convicted of specified sex offenses, including a person who is discharged or paroled from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after having been adjudicated a ward of the juvenile court because of the commission of specified sex offenses, to register with local law enforcement agencies while residing in the state or while attending school or working in the state. Existing law makes it a crime for a person required to register as a sex offender under the act to willfully violate any requirement of the act.
This bill would additionally require a person who is discharged or paroled from a secure youth treatment facility to register. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution
requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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