---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: probation: terms."
description: "Existing law requires that for a person granted probation for a conviction of domestic violence, the terms of the probation are required to include, among other things, a minimum period of probation of 36 months, notice to the victim of the disposition of the case, and successful completion of a batterer's program, as defined, or, if such a program is not available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1165"
citation: "California AB 1165 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: probation: terms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ec54f9d-7fd0-4970-8e25-6dff79e42c86"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165"
source_hash: "d9ddc4ea9ee7132b262faf175af6eac03d9999799fa464cbdcf6e099e0ba059b"
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 1165 (20112012) — Domestic violence: probation: terms.

Existing law requires that for a person granted probation for a conviction of domestic violence, the terms of the probation are required to include, among other things, a minimum period of probation of 36 months, notice to the victim of the disposition of the case, and successful completion of a batterer's program, as defined, or, if such a program is not available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116599INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116597AMD)
3. **01/05/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116596AMD)
4. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116598AMD)
5. **08/08/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116595AMD)
6. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116593CHP)
7. **AB1165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165)
8. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1165&version=20110AB116594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1165 ACHADJIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1165 Achadjian By Harman — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1165 ACHADJIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 3501.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-06-21** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4579.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6096.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ec54f9d-7fd0-4970-8e25-6dff79e42c86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).