---
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).