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Bill	Elder abuse: protective orders.	Existing law authorizes a court to issue a protective order to restrain any person for the purpose of preventing the abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Under existing law, certain persons are authorized to file a petition for these protective orders on behalf of the elder or dependent adult, including a conservator or trustee, an attorney-in-fact, a person appointed as a guardian ad litem, or other person legally authorized to seek the order.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 196	California SB 196 (20152016)	bill	Elder abuse: protective orders.	enacted	Hancock	10	25	6	2015-02-10	2015-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8e554728-cd17-4701-afee-ffff08c22b26	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB196	ec34b77dcad100e8eefdf8b3befbbf06fa0a9ad1720b2dd8d2e3f0a7cc7d7cb9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 196 (20152016) — Elder abuse: protective orders.

Existing law authorizes a court to issue a protective order to restrain any person for the purpose of preventing the abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Under existing law, certain persons are authorized to file a petition for these protective orders on behalf of the elder or dependent adult, including a conservator or trustee, an attorney-in-fact, a person appointed as a guardian ad litem, or other person legally authorized to seek the order.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/19/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/25/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB196 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 196 Hancock Senate Third Reading By BROWN — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #7 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Aging and Long-Term Care] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (person)
• Brown — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
• 2015-02-19 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2015-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 982.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1097.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee
• 2015-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2527.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-08-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2205.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2015-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 285, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e554728-cd17-4701-afee-ffff08c22b26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).