The Domestic Violence Prevention Act requires the court, prior to a hearing on the issuance or denial of a protective order, to ensure that a search of specified records and databases is or has been made to determine if the proposed subject of the order has any specified prior criminal convictions or outstanding warrants, is on parole or probation, or is or was the subject of other protective or restraining orders.
California SB 1433 (20112012) — Domestic violence: protective orders.
The Domestic Violence Prevention Act requires the court, prior to a hearing on the issuance or denial of a protective order, to ensure that a search of specified records and databases is or has been made to determine if the proposed subject of the order has any specified prior criminal convictions or outstanding warrants, is on parole or probation, or is or was the subject of other protective or restraining orders.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1433 Alquist Senate Third Reading By PAN — 53–26 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Alquist — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2012-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-11 Set for hearing April 24.
2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3313.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2012-05-14 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2012-05-18 Set for hearing May 24.
2012-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3597.) (May 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 3647.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 6186.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-24 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00c6a17e-3073-4fab-8a98-45a4191ea254. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).