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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Spousal support factors: domestic violence."
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description: "Existing law requires a court to order spousal support in an amount, and for a period of time, that the court determines is just and reasonable based on the standard of living established during the marriage. In making spousal support awards, the court is required to consider, among other factors, documented evidence of any history of domestic violence between the parties or against the child of either party."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 28"
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citation: "California SB 28 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Spousal support factors: domestic violence."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2014-12-01"
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last_action: "2015-08-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f486f5-031b-4859-9648-27a89c91dd2b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB28"
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source_hash: "6543c34a804420ee5bc3e8968865ca523f93bbf443c215f82244642f8c0521ba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 28 (20152016) — Spousal support factors: domestic violence.
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Existing law requires a court to order spousal support in an amount, and for a period of time, that the court determines is just and reasonable based on the standard of living established during the marriage. In making spousal support awards, the court is required to consider, among other factors, documented evidence of any history of domestic violence between the parties or against the child of either party.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB28&version=20150SB2899INT)
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2. **05/13/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB28&version=20150SB2898AMD)
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3. **08/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB28&version=20150SB2896CHP)
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4. **SB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB28)
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5. **07/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB28&version=20150SB2897ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 28 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By WAGNER — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wieckowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-12-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
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- **2015-01-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-30** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2015-05-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 921.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1029.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2424.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2015-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 137, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f486f5-031b-4859-9648-27a89c91dd2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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