republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2149.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder and dependent adult abuse: settlement: gag order."
description: "The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act proscribes crimes against elder and dependent adults involving physical and financial abuse. The act provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs, and damages to a plaintiff, when it is proven that a defendant is liable for physical abuse, neglect, or financial abuse, and the defendant has also been guilty of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice in the commission of the abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2149"
citation: "California AB 2149 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder and dependent adult abuse: settlement: gag order."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de5501b0-c22a-4859-b085-0eb43c0ffbda"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149"
source_hash: "63855d48ce3a28c83b271b04cb4008cd76428a04572c87c0fc3d0f9197c02178"
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 2149 (20112012) — Elder and dependent adult abuse: settlement: gag order.

The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act proscribes crimes against elder and dependent adults involving physical and financial abuse. The act provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs, and damages to a plaintiff, when it is proven that a defendant is liable for physical abuse, neglect, or financial abuse, and the defendant has also been guilty of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice in the commission of the abuse.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149&version=20110AB214999INT)
2. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149&version=20110AB214998AMD)
3. **05/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149&version=20110AB214997AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149&version=20110AB214996AMD)
5. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149&version=20110AB214994CHP)
6. **AB2149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2149&version=20110AB214995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long€term Care. — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long€term Care. — **5–5** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2149 Butler By Corbett — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 2149 BUTLER Assembly Third Reading — **43–24** (pass) · lower
- AB 2149 BUTLER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–28** (pass) · lower
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2149 BUTLER Assembly Third Reading Amend By BUTLER Set #1 — **47–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — 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.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4547.)
- **2012-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 4907.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 24. Page 4989.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4690.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6314.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 644, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de5501b0-c22a-4859-b085-0eb43c0ffbda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).