---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law: exemplary damages."
description: "Existing law provides that, in addition to any other remedy authorized by law, when a spouse is convicted of attempting to murder the other spouse, as specified, the injured spouse shall be entitled to 100% of the community property interest in his or her retirement and pension benefits, and a prohibition of specified support or insurance benefits from the injured spouse to the other spouse, as specified. Existing law defines injured spouse for these purposes. Existing law also authorizes a court to award attorney's fees and costs in the form of a sanction in these cases, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2674"
citation: "California AB 2674 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law: exemplary damages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f869e741-b3c2-4bed-9440-aaff7ecfac95"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674"
source_hash: "7013a89c0b5bf0341448d6abacfba69447bab78ee25c81819d9d9e00c0c42d04"
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 2674 (20092010) — Family law: exemplary damages.

Existing law provides that, in addition to any other remedy authorized by law, when a spouse is convicted of attempting to murder the other spouse, as specified, the injured spouse shall be entitled to 100% of the community property interest in his or her retirement and pension benefits, and a prohibition of specified support or insurance benefits from the injured spouse to the other spouse, as specified. Existing law defines injured spouse for these purposes. Existing law also authorizes a court to award attorney's fees and costs in the form of a sanction in these cases, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674&version=20090AB267499INT)
2. **07/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674&version=20090AB267497CHP)
3. **AB2674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674)
4. **06/25/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674&version=20090AB267498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2674 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2674 Block — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4598.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4056.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2010-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f869e741-b3c2-4bed-9440-aaff7ecfac95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).