Existing law authorizes a court to issue an order to restrain any person in order to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Existing law further authorizes a court to, after notice and hearing, issue an order requiring the restrained party to participate in a batterer's program, as specified.
California AB 439 (20152016) — Protective orders: batterer's program.
Existing law authorizes a court to issue an order to restrain any person in order to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Existing law further authorizes a court to, after notice and hearing, issue an order requiring the restrained party to participate in a batterer's program, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 439 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bloom — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-08 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1223.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1619.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2015-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 72, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/241fa4b5-728c-42ce-8df1-b085f33e99e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).