---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child custody: ex parte orders."
description: "Existing law requires the court to refrain from making an order granting or modifying a child custody order on an ex parte basis unless there has been a showing of immediate harm to the child, as defined, or immediate risk that the child will be removed from the State of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3072"
citation: "California AB 3072 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child custody", "ex parte orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e855979c-4067-400c-969f-890c01b8545f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072"
source_hash: "f3398536fa5d1cdf646e4c80e093c17f73a2cd01350c8eeb8ab8118799517e3d"
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 3072 (20232024) — Child custody: ex parte orders.

Existing law requires the court to refrain from making an order granting or modifying a child custody order on an ex parte basis unless there has been a showing of immediate harm to the child, as defined, or immediate risk that the child will be removed from the State of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307299INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307298AMD)
3. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307297AMD)
4. **05/07/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307296AMD)
5. **05/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307295AMD)
6. **06/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307294AMD)
7. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307292CHP)
8. **AB3072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072)
9. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3072&version=20230AB307293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3072 Petrie-Norris et al. By Rubio — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3072 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3072 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4661.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5265.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 317, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e855979c-4067-400c-969f-890c01b8545f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).