republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-161.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restraining orders."
description: "Existing law requires a court in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties to issue a temporary restraining order enjoining both parties from cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage held for the benefit of the parties and their child or children, for whom support may be ordered. Existing law also authorizes a court in a domestic violence proceeding to issue ex parte protective orders, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 161"
citation: "California AB 161 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Restraining orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-01-22"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87f62b0c-359d-41a0-aa15-7ba6ed69f7d5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161"
source_hash: "61e4853f39d283ca38cfc5ce6edadc1e5922f2281fd4580459800a1ca2b6d1fd"
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 161 (20132014) — Restraining orders.

Existing law requires a court in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties to issue a temporary restraining order enjoining both parties from cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage held for the benefit of the parties and their child or children, for whom support may be ordered. Existing law also authorizes a court in a domestic violence proceeding to issue ex parte protective orders, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161&version=20130AB16199INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161&version=20130AB16198AMD)
3. **06/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161&version=20130AB16197AMD)
4. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161&version=20130AB16195CHP)
5. **AB161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161)
6. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB161&version=20130AB16196ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB161 Campos By Jackson — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 161 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 161 CAMPOS Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 885.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** From consent calendar.
- **2013-06-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1687.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2577.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87f62b0c-359d-41a0-aa15-7ba6ed69f7d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).