---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence protective orders."
description: "Domestic violence protective orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1488"
citation: "California AB 1488 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence protective orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0933f22-edc2-4751-8b3d-a96842587bbf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488"
source_hash: "bf5778b32928278c46d131337df66698f8be49d9ece8887760c8b2f9feb5ca90"
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 1488 (20032004) — Domestic violence protective orders.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488&version=20030AB148899INT)
2. **05/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488&version=20030AB148898AMD)
3. **06/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488&version=20030AB148897AMD)
4. **07/02/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488&version=20030AB148895CHP)
5. **AB1488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488)
6. **06/19/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1488&version=20030AB148896ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1488 bates consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1488 bates concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #15 ab1488 bates — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-06-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2450.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1354.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1708.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0933f22-edc2-4751-8b3d-a96842587bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).