republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-545.md

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Bill	Domestic violence.	Under existing law, a battery committed against a spouse, a person with whom the defendant is cohabitating, a person who is the parent of the defendant's child, a former spouse, a fiancé or fiancée, or a person with whom the defendant currently has, or has previously had, a dating or engagement relationship, is punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If probation is granted, existing law requires the defendant to complete a batterer's treatment program. If probation is granted in the case of a person who has previously been convicted of a violation of these provisions, existing law requires that the person be imprisoned for not less than 48 hours.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 545	California AB 545 (20152016)	bill	Domestic violence.	enacted	Melendez	7	25	8	2015-02-23	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/37355688-ef23-4472-a787-dbce95753655	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB545	4e755a60de93104c096a212f30dd3e7f8475906cf57953699e52768209ccd7fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 545 (20152016) — Domestic violence.

Under existing law, a battery committed against a spouse, a person with whom the defendant is cohabitating, a person who is the parent of the defendant's child, a former spouse, a fiancé or fiancée, or a person with whom the defendant currently has, or has previously had, a dating or engagement relationship, is punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If probation is granted, existing law requires the defendant to complete a batterer's treatment program. If probation is granted in the case of a person who has previously been convicted of a violation of these provisions, existing law requires that the person be imprisoned for not less than 48 hours.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB545 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 545 MELENDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 545 MELENDEZ Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB545 Melendez By Leyva — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Melendez — 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.
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1671.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2638.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3058.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 626, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37355688-ef23-4472-a787-dbce95753655. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).