--- type: "Bill" title: "Domestic violence: protective orders." description: "Existing law generally punishes the willful disobedience of a court order as contempt of court by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law makes the willful and knowing violation of specified protective orders or stay-away court orders punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine for a first offense, and makes a 2nd or subsequent conviction for a violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders occurring within 7 years of a prior conviction and involving an act of violence or credible threat of violence punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony. If probation is granted upon conviction of a willful and knowing violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders, existing law requires the court to impose a minimum period of probation of 36 months, a criminal protective order protecting the victim from further acts of violence, threats, stalking, sexual abuse, and harassment, a minimum fine of $500, successful completion of a batterer's program, and a specified amount of appropriate community service, among other requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 883" citation: "California SB 883 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Domestic violence: protective orders."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Roth"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2016-01-15" last_action: "2016-09-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1e568a-d2f7-4063-8956-4ffcd718e153" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883" source_hash: "711b528764449546416ef1feafc45cd2b15b6b9912e0da9abb775b6317c5ec0b" 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 883 (20152016) — Domestic violence: protective orders. Existing law generally punishes the willful disobedience of a court order as contempt of court by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law makes the willful and knowing violation of specified protective orders or stay-away court orders punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine for a first offense, and makes a 2nd or subsequent conviction for a violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders occurring within 7 years of a prior conviction and involving an act of violence or credible threat of violence punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony. If probation is granted upon conviction of a willful and knowing violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders, existing law requires the court to impose a minimum period of probation of 36 months, a criminal protective order protecting the victim from further acts of violence, threats, stalking, sexual abuse, and harassment, a minimum fine of $500, successful completion of a batterer's program, and a specified amount of appropriate community service, among other requirements. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88399INT) 2. **02/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88398AMD) 3. **03/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88397AMD) 4. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88396AMD) 5. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88394CHP) 6. **SB883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883) 7. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88395ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 883 Roth Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Roth — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18. - **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2016-02-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-03-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 5. - **2016-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3395.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18. - **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27. - **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3998.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4037.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-04** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron. - **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6018.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m. - **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 342, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1e568a-d2f7-4063-8956-4ffcd718e153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).