---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: corporal injury."
description: "Under existing law, any person who willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child, is guilty of a crime, punishable as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 16"
citation: "California AB 16 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: corporal injury."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03f549c5-53b2-480f-af06-6fd3c255e3bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB16"
source_hash: "8b7f7f2e6ee745727e163b9bc37306250f27ac0a2f33646041975110b4b02b34"
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 16 (20132014) — Domestic violence: corporal injury.

Under existing law, any person who willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child, is guilty of a crime, punishable as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB16&version=20130AB1699INT)
2. **06/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB16&version=20130AB1698AMD)
3. **10/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB16&version=20130AB1696CHP)
4. **AB16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB16)
5. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB16&version=20130AB1697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 16 PÉREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 16 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB16 John A. Pérez By Hancock — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1785.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-14** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3065.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 763, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03f549c5-53b2-480f-af06-6fd3c255e3bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).