---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: restraining orders."
description: "Domestic violence: restraining orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1771"
citation: "California AB 1771 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: restraining orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-01-10"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18cf59e5-cf97-4333-ba77-097a93465fdc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771"
source_hash: "0aff2e5ea751da326210df6a62ebe9d9790a0b91743a694ec751cc9f10529681"
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 1771 (20072008) — Domestic violence: restraining orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771&version=20070AB177199INT)
2. **03/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771&version=20070AB177198AMD)
3. **04/29/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771&version=20070AB177197AMD)
4. **07/10/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771&version=20070AB177195CHP)
5. **AB1771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771)
6. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1771&version=20070AB177196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #30 AB1771 Ma — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1771 MA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-05-05** (Ayes 45. Noes 32. Page 4980.)
- **2008-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5146.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4456.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18cf59e5-cf97-4333-ba77-097a93465fdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).