republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-469.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence."
description: "Domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 469"
citation: "California AB 469 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8e41bd6-1e11-4b76-ad88-f461ac81c789"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469"
source_hash: "10d8189971492b02ec13c322a3f6a6c1514a32364bf51e9788642a48ac1d9934"
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 469 (20012002) — Domestic violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469&version=20010AB46999INT)
2. **03/28/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469&version=20010AB46998AMD)
3. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469&version=20010AB46997AMD)
4. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469&version=20010AB46996AMD)
5. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469&version=20010AB46994CHP)
6. **AB469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469)
7. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB469&version=20010AB46995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 469 Cohn Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 469 Cohn Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB469 Cohn Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 483, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 3261.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2438.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 9. Page 1310.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8e41bd6-1e11-4b76-ad88-f461ac81c789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).