---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: civil damages."
description: "Domestic violence: civil damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2018"
citation: "California AB 2018 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: civil damages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-13"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b987ce3c-9e68-4a29-84a8-49c5232f7d83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018"
source_hash: "b10c117b33d6d9e94cc37b7392401ebd4a7f1b39aa83e1cd0fb061f6e74876f2"
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 2018 (20032004) — Domestic violence: civil damages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018&version=20030AB201899INT)
2. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018&version=20030AB201898AMD)
3. **05/11/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018&version=20030AB201897AMD)
4. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018&version=20030AB201896AMD)
5. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018&version=20030AB201894CHP)
6. **AB2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018)
7. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2018&version=20030AB201895ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2018 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2018 chu consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- consent calendar 2nd ab2018 chu — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7047.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4541.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5766.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2004-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b987ce3c-9e68-4a29-84a8-49c5232f7d83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).