---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restraining orders."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court with jurisdiction over a criminal matter to issue specified protective orders upon a good cause belief that harm to, or intimidation or dissuasion of, a victim or witness has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, including an order protecting a victim of violent crime from all contact by the defendant. The violation of a restraining order issued pursuant to these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1850"
citation: "California AB 1850 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Restraining orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13eb6eb-9017-49a1-b21c-c4c7dd6fc5e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850"
source_hash: "629da0ecc8b8c90dc192d0a92c055c6fe41a6e224be8ea2e18fd0e2ef8544ab1"
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 1850 (20132014) — Restraining orders.

Existing law authorizes a court with jurisdiction over a criminal matter to issue specified protective orders upon a good cause belief that harm to, or intimidation or dissuasion of, a victim or witness has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, including an order protecting a victim of violent crime from all contact by the defendant. The violation of a restraining order issued pursuant to these provisions is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850&version=20130AB185099INT)
2. **03/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850&version=20130AB185098AMD)
3. **05/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850&version=20130AB185097AMD)
4. **08/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850&version=20130AB185096AMD)
5. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850&version=20130AB185094CHP)
6. **AB1850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850)
7. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1850&version=20130AB185095ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1850 Waldron By Pavley — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1850 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1850 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldron — primary (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4749.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4829.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4500.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6176.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 673, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13eb6eb-9017-49a1-b21c-c4c7dd6fc5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).