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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Domestic violence: battering: recall and resentencing."
+description: "Existing law authorizes every person who is unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of his or her liberty to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of that imprisonment or restraint."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "AB 593"
+citation: "California AB 593 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Domestic violence: battering: recall and resentencing."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2011-02-16"
+last_action: "2012-09-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc77c2d-5073-4610-af10-eb90d3d64402"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593"
+source_hash: "1575f065ff95affecb88342e24d5a6b10ea81555aa1651182243b572a7a45d4d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 593 (20112012) — Domestic violence: battering: recall and resentencing.
+
+Existing law authorizes every person who is unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of his or her liberty to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of that imprisonment or restraint.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59399INT)
+2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59397AMD)
+3. **01/05/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59396AMD)
+4. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59398AMD)
+5. **05/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59395AMD)
+6. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59393CHP)
+7. **AB593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593)
+8. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB593&version=20110AB59394ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 593 MA Assembly Third Reading — **55–20** (pass) · lower
+- AB 593 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–19** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB593 Ma By Evans — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ma — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
+- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2012-01-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-01-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (January 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2012-01-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 3622.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2012-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4646.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 6235.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 803, Statutes of 2012.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc77c2d-5073-4610-af10-eb90d3d64402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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