---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse: protective orders."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to issue a protective order to restrain any person for the purpose of preventing the abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Under existing law, certain persons are authorized to file a petition for these protective orders on behalf of the elder or dependent adult, including a conservator or trustee, an attorney-in-fact, a person appointed as a guardian ad litem, or other person legally authorized to seek the order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "California SB 196 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse: protective orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-10"
last_action: "2015-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e554728-cd17-4701-afee-ffff08c22b26"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196"
source_hash: "ec34b77dcad100e8eefdf8b3befbbf06fa0a9ad1720b2dd8d2e3f0a7cc7d7cb9"
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 SB 196 (20152016) — Elder abuse: protective orders.

Existing law authorizes a court to issue a protective order to restrain any person for the purpose of preventing the abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Under existing law, certain persons are authorized to file a petition for these protective orders on behalf of the elder or dependent adult, including a conservator or trustee, an attorney-in-fact, a person appointed as a guardian ad litem, or other person legally authorized to seek the order.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19699INT)
2. **03/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19698AMD)
3. **04/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19697AMD)
4. **05/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19696AMD)
5. **06/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19695AMD)
6. **06/25/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19694AMD)
7. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19693AMD)
8. **09/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19691CHP)
9. **SB196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196)
10. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196&version=20150SB19692ENR)

## Votes

- SB 196 Hancock Senate Third Reading By BROWN — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #7 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Aging and Long-Term Care] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 982.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1097.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2527.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2205.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2015-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 285, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e554728-cd17-4701-afee-ffff08c22b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).