---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: gender violence."
description: "Existing law allows a person who has been subjected to gender violence to bring a civil action for damages against any responsible party and defines gender violence for this purpose as a crime of violence motivated by the gender of the victim or a physical intrusion or invasion of a sexual nature, as specified. The Unruh Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on a person's sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation, among others, and specifies that sex includes gender, which includes a person's gender identity and gender expression."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 830"
citation: "California AB 830 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: gender violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3617fa7-5e9c-48a3-b646-b006b3750c06"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830"
source_hash: "469313cb455b7f0d9366a635f367ceed768c964a1c9ed951270c5fc989245672"
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 830 (20152016) — Civil actions: gender violence.

Existing law allows a person who has been subjected to gender violence to bring a civil action for damages against any responsible party and defines gender violence for this purpose as a crime of violence motivated by the gender of the victim or a physical intrusion or invasion of a sexual nature, as specified. The Unruh Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on a person's sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation, among others, and specifies that sex includes gender, which includes a person's gender identity and gender expression.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830&version=20150AB83099INT)
2. **05/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830&version=20150AB83098AMD)
3. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830&version=20150AB83097AMD)
4. **08/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830&version=20150AB83095CHP)
5. **AB830** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830)
6. **07/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB830&version=20150AB83096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB830 Eggman By Leno — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 830 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 830 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1441.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1876.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2356.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3617fa7-5e9c-48a3-b646-b006b3750c06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).