Existing law authorizes a court to issue an injunction enjoining a party from certain acts and behaviors in a variety of circumstances, including in cases of harassment, workplace violence, potential violence at a postsecondary school campus, domestic violence, child abuse, and elder abuse. Existing law permits a court to terminate or modify these protective orders, which may include stay-away and residence exclusion orders, on written stipulation filed with the court or on the motion of a party.
California AB 454 (20112012) — Protective orders: early termination.
Existing law authorizes a court to issue an injunction enjoining a party from certain acts and behaviors in a variety of circumstances, including in cases of harassment, workplace violence, potential violence at a postsecondary school campus, domestic violence, child abuse, and elder abuse. Existing law permits a court to terminate or modify these protective orders, which may include stay-away and residence exclusion orders, on written stipulation filed with the court or on the motion of a party.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent #5 AB454 Silva By Harman — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 454 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 454 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Silva — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-03-16 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
2011-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-03-22 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-03-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 702.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-03-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-04-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-05-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-07-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2157.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
2011-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 101, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1ee9098-0bec-44d7-88b2-37e0bd4f690b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).