republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2051.md

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Bill	Contempt of court: domestic violence.	Existing law authorizes a court to punish for acts of contempt, including authorizing a court to direct the incarceration of a defendant until he or she complies with the court's order. Existing law prohibits a court from imprisoning or otherwise taking into custody the victim of a sexual assault or domestic violence crime for contempt of court when the contempt consists of refusing to testify about the sexual assault or domestic violence crime. Additionally, under existing law, a victim of domestic violence has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, confidential communications between the victim and a domestic violence counselor, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2051	California AB 2051 (20112012)	bill	Contempt of court: domestic violence.	enacted	Campos	6	21	4	2012-02-23	2012-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/81d0e938-75f4-4818-b93d-d89ab3baa300	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2051	b8e9e6db2a6d2ac193088ec07ca66649b4717d7844636ef13b9102fa97166740	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2051 (20112012) — Contempt of court: domestic violence.

Existing law authorizes a court to punish for acts of contempt, including authorizing a court to direct the incarceration of a defendant until he or she complies with the court's order. Existing law prohibits a court from imprisoning or otherwise taking into custody the victim of a sexual assault or domestic violence crime for contempt of court when the contempt consists of refusing to testify about the sexual assault or domestic violence crime. Additionally, under existing law, a victim of domestic violence has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, confidential communications between the victim and a domestic violence counselor, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/24/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2051 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2051 Campos By Price — 33–4 (pass) · upper
• AB 2051 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Campos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 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
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-05-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4921.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-31 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-13 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.
• 2012-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 4470.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2012-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81d0e938-75f4-4818-b93d-d89ab3baa300. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).