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type: "Bill"
title: "Protective and restraining orders: computer database system."
description: "Existing law authorizes a judicial officer in a civil proceeding relating to domestic violence to issue an emergency protective order if there is an immediate and present danger of domestic violence, abuse, or abduction of a child, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Existing law also authorizes a court in a criminal proceeding to issue an emergency protective order if there is an immediate and present danger of stalking, as specified. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer, as defined, for purposes of court proceedings relating to domestic violence, or a peace officer, in criminal proceedings relating to stalking, who requests an emergency protective order, to carry copies of the order while on duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 238"
citation: "California AB 238 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Protective and restraining orders: computer database system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506efd1a-56f5-4408-887b-49cfdddfa96f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238"
source_hash: "a458a80d21e1cb1e9c0a2261e364d845ccf889ab6f8bcfc87d25a07f264a1eb0"
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 238 (20132014) — Protective and restraining orders: computer database system.
Existing law authorizes a judicial officer in a civil proceeding relating to domestic violence to issue an emergency protective order if there is an immediate and present danger of domestic violence, abuse, or abduction of a child, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Existing law also authorizes a court in a criminal proceeding to issue an emergency protective order if there is an immediate and present danger of stalking, as specified. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer, as defined, for purposes of court proceedings relating to domestic violence, or a peace officer, in criminal proceedings relating to stalking, who requests an emergency protective order, to carry copies of the order while on duty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/05/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238&version=20130AB23899INT)
2. **03/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238&version=20130AB23898AMD)
3. **05/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238&version=20130AB23897AMD)
4. **05/29/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238&version=20130AB23896AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238&version=20130AB23894CHP)
6. **AB238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238)
7. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB238&version=20130AB23895ENR)
## Votes
- AB 238 GOMEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB238 Gomez By Correa — **330** (pass) · upper
- AB 238 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gomez — primary (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1007.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** 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 1692.). `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.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2463.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 145, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/506efd1a-56f5-4408-887b-49cfdddfa96f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).