republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-723.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restraining orders."
description: "Existing law authorizes any court with jurisdiction over a criminal matter to issue protective orders upon a good cause belief that harm to, or intimidation or dissuasion of, a victim or witness has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur. Existing case law has construed any order issued pursuant to this provision to be limited in scope and duration to the protection of victims and witnesses in connection with the criminal proceeding in which it is issued. Under existing law, contempt of a court order is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 723"
citation: "California SB 723 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Restraining orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa9d060-8dda-4e5b-ba51-63ac441e819d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB723"
source_hash: "3596933c5b5fc611f3de2331cdb1bb97c804ff4f99575448f288b66115c9e2c5"
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 SB 723 (20112012) — Restraining orders.

Existing law authorizes any court with jurisdiction over a criminal matter to issue protective orders upon a good cause belief that harm to, or intimidation or dissuasion of, a victim or witness has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur. Existing case law has construed any order issued pursuant to this provision to be limited in scope and duration to the protection of victims and witnesses in connection with the criminal proceeding in which it is issued. Under existing law, contempt of a court order is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB723&version=20110SB72399INT)
2. **05/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB723&version=20110SB72398AMD)
3. **08/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB723&version=20110SB72396CHP)
4. **SB723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB723)
5. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB723&version=20110SB72397ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #3 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 723 Pavley Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 742.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1067.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-20** From consent calendar.
- **2011-06-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2344.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2011-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 155, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa9d060-8dda-4e5b-ba51-63ac441e819d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).