---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence restraining orders: prehearing discovery."
description: "Existing law establishes the Domestic Violence Prevention Act for the purpose of preventing acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and providing for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable those persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Under existing law, the act authorizes the court to issue a protective order, as defined, either ex parte or after a hearing, to restrain a person to prevent the recurrence of domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 741"
citation: "California SB 741 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence restraining orders", "prehearing discovery"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257c88ab-55b4-471b-9860-168669431c0f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741"
source_hash: "2f56b6744bc30706ccb343425994483d0aeaad6a0df2b778506758c8b8653b5b"
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 741 (20232024) — Domestic violence restraining orders: prehearing discovery.

Existing law establishes the Domestic Violence Prevention Act for the purpose of preventing acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and providing for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable those persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Under existing law, the act authorizes the court to issue a protective order, as defined, either ex parte or after a hearing, to restrain a person to prevent the recurrence of domestic violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741&version=20230SB74199INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741&version=20230SB74198AMD)
3. **06/21/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741&version=20230SB74197AMD)
4. **09/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741&version=20230SB74196AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741&version=20230SB74194CHP)
6. **SB741** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741)
7. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB741&version=20230SB74195ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB741 Min Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB741 Min et al. Concurrence — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 741 Min Senate Third Reading By Papan — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Min — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 688.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 1293.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Min.
- **2023-05-25** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1294.)
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 3517.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2829.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 503, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/257c88ab-55b4-471b-9860-168669431c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).