republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-883.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: protective orders."
description: "Existing law generally punishes the willful disobedience of a court order as contempt of court by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law makes the willful and knowing violation of specified protective orders or stay-away court orders punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine for a first offense, and makes a 2nd or subsequent conviction for a violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders occurring within 7 years of a prior conviction and involving an act of violence or credible threat of violence punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony. If probation is granted upon conviction of a willful and knowing violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders, existing law requires the court to impose a minimum period of probation of 36 months, a criminal protective order protecting the victim from further acts of violence, threats, stalking, sexual abuse, and harassment, a minimum fine of $500, successful completion of a batterer's program, and a specified amount of appropriate community service, among other requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 883"
citation: "California SB 883 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: protective orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-01-15"
last_action: "2016-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1e568a-d2f7-4063-8956-4ffcd718e153"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883"
source_hash: "711b528764449546416ef1feafc45cd2b15b6b9912e0da9abb775b6317c5ec0b"
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 SB 883 (20152016) — Domestic violence: protective orders.

Existing law generally punishes the willful disobedience of a court order as contempt of court by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law makes the willful and knowing violation of specified protective orders or stay-away court orders punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine for a first offense, and makes a 2nd or subsequent conviction for a violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders occurring within 7 years of a prior conviction and involving an act of violence or credible threat of violence punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony. If probation is granted upon conviction of a willful and knowing violation of these specified protective orders or stay-away court orders, existing law requires the court to impose a minimum period of probation of 36 months, a criminal protective order protecting the victim from further acts of violence, threats, stalking, sexual abuse, and harassment, a minimum fine of $500, successful completion of a batterer's program, and a specified amount of appropriate community service, among other requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88399INT)
2. **02/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88398AMD)
3. **03/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88397AMD)
4. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88396AMD)
5. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88394CHP)
6. **SB883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883)
7. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB883&version=20150SB88395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 883 Roth Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3395.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3998.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4037.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.
- **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6018.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 342, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1e568a-d2f7-4063-8956-4ffcd718e153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).