Deferred entry of judgment pilot program.

The pilot program is expanded from only the County of Santa Clara to also include the Counties of Butte and Nevada. Alameda appears in the markup but was struck, leaving three authorized counties.

All references specific to 'the County of Santa Clara' throughout the section are generalized to 'each county,' 'a county,' or 'authorized counties' so the requirements apply uniformly to all participating jurisdictions.

The sunset date for the entire chapter is extended from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2029, giving the pilot program an additional three years of operation.

The deadline for counties to submit their evaluation report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Public Safety is changed from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2027.

The bill changes from adding a new Section 1000.7 to the Penal Code to amending an existing Section 1000.7, reflecting that the section was already enacted in a prior legislative session.

Removed Assembly and Senate passage headers, Chief Clerk and Secretary of the Senate signature lines, and the Governor's receipt date placeholder line.

Added 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header, Chapter 394 designation, and the note that the bill was approved by the Governor on October 6, 2025 and filed with the Secretary of State the same day.

Page numbering changed from 'AB 1258' format to 'Ch. 394' format throughout the document.

The bill was reformatted from a line-numbered Senate amendment format to a clean enrolled format. Passage dates were added (Assembly September 4, 2025; Senate September 3, 2025), a Governor's receipt line and approval block were added, and the 'as amended' language was removed from the legislative counsel's digest title.

Federal compliance review under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act is now conducted by the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (within the Board of State and Community Corrections) rather than by the board itself. The office must report its findings back to the board within 30 days of completing a review.

The list of participating counties is cleaned up to confirm only Butte, Nevada, and Santa Clara counties are included in the pilot program. The Assembly version contained drafting artifacts suggesting Alameda County was being removed; the Senate version presents a clean three-county list.