---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial proceedings: injunctions prohibiting harassment."
description: "Existing law provides that a person who has suffered harassment, as defined, may seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction prohibiting harassment. If issued, the injunction shall be in effect for a period of up to 3 years and may be renewed for another period of up to 3 years. If the form does not establish an expiration date for the injunction, existing law establishes a default duration of 3 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 499"
citation: "California AB 499 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial proceedings: injunctions prohibiting harassment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8e8703c-778f-450b-ae21-0d3d5a953a2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499"
source_hash: "e5d1bdbc76453af3611bd0852b0250fefecfdc3e17fc45c017e519ce71fc100f"
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 499 (20132014) — Judicial proceedings: injunctions prohibiting harassment.

Existing law provides that a person who has suffered harassment, as defined, may seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction prohibiting harassment. If issued, the injunction shall be in effect for a period of up to 3 years and may be renewed for another period of up to 3 years. If the form does not establish an expiration date for the injunction, existing law establishes a default duration of 3 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49999INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49998AMD)
3. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49997AMD)
4. **06/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49996AMD)
5. **06/18/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49995AMD)
6. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49993CHP)
7. **AB499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499)
8. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB499&version=20130AB49994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 499 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 499 TING Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB499 Ting By Evans — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1005.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1689.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2465.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8e8703c-778f-450b-ae21-0d3d5a953a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).