---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: restraining orders."
description: "Existing law allows the court to issue a protective order restraining a defendant from any contact with the victim if the defendant has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence, human trafficking, a crime in furtherance of a criminal street gang, or a registerable sex offense. Under existing law, the protective order may be valid for up to 10 years, as determined by the court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 467"
citation: "California AB 467 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence", "restraining orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6d45d4a-cc1a-43d8-998e-7b79c6473de1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467"
source_hash: "864c957fd47c81dab090a17418af3895446589147b3b6e68510d71ea5cb0e84f"
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 467 (20232024) — Domestic violence: restraining orders.

Existing law allows the court to issue a protective order restraining a defendant from any contact with the victim if the defendant has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence, human trafficking, a crime in furtherance of a criminal street gang, or a registerable sex offense. Under existing law, the protective order may be valid for up to 10 years, as determined by the court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467&version=20230AB46799INT)
2. **03/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467&version=20230AB46798AMD)
3. **06/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467&version=20230AB46797AMD)
4. **06/29/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467&version=20230AB46795CHP)
5. **AB467** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467)
6. **06/20/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB467&version=20230AB46796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB467 Gabriel et al. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 467 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 467 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1357.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1516.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-06-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2284.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, 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/a6d45d4a-cc1a-43d8-998e-7b79c6473de1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).