---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: theft: retail theft restraining orders."
description: "Existing law prohibits the theft of merchandise from a retail establishment. Existing law authorizes a court, upon sentencing a person for specified offenses, including stalking and elder abuse, to issue a criminal protective order prohibiting the person from contacting any victim of their offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3209"
citation: "California AB 3209 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "retail theft restraining orders", "theft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d9be4e0-0bf5-4d8e-9723-f63149e0fcec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209"
source_hash: "05494c320815ee7a25b23c0b52fb3327c51d7ffc0fab69ab8cc80bcceeb3da48"
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 3209 (20232024) — Crimes: theft: retail theft restraining orders.

Existing law prohibits the theft of merchandise from a retail establishment. Existing law authorizes a court, upon sentencing a person for specified offenses, including stalking and elder abuse, to issue a criminal protective order prohibiting the person from contacting any victim of their offense.

## 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=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320999INT)
2. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320998AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320997AMD)
4. **06/04/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320996AMD)
5. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320995AMD)
6. **06/29/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320994AMD)
7. **08/16/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320992CHP)
8. **AB3209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209)
9. **08/12/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3209&version=20230AB320993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3209 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **2–3** (fail) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3209 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3209 Berman et al. By Wiener — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — author (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 HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 5507.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed
- **2024-06-17** (Ayes 2. Noes 3.) (June 17)
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5010.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 6271.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 169, 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/0d9be4e0-0bf5-4d8e-9723-f63149e0fcec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).