republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-372.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: probation."
description: "Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterer's program, as defined, or, if such a program is not available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. Existing law requires the program to be completed within 18 months and allows no more than 3 excused absences. Existing law provides for the approval of batterer's programs by the probation department and requires the goal of a batterer's program to be stopping domestic violence. Existing law requires a program to meet certain requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 372"
citation: "California AB 372 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: probation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f49f0b8-9853-4b52-bf32-06f020378c79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372"
source_hash: "199f1a9cb2ee54e017eee2fd22a153a4f2b2b795391a8008693555ce0d3f6a89"
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 AB 372 (20172018) — Domestic violence: probation.

Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterer's program, as defined, or, if such a program is not available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. Existing law requires the program to be completed within 18 months and allows no more than 3 excused absences. Existing law provides for the approval of batterer's programs by the probation department and requires the goal of a batterer's program to be stopping domestic violence. Existing law requires a program to meet certain requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37299INT)
2. **04/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37298AMD)
3. **06/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37296AMD)
4. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37295AMD)
5. **06/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37297AMD)
6. **09/07/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37293CHP)
7. **AB372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372)
8. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB372&version=20170AB37294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 372 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB372 Mark Stone By Dodd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 372 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Mark Stone. To Third Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1521.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-11** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5511.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6609.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f49f0b8-9853-4b52-bf32-06f020378c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).