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Bill	Domestic violence: protective orders.	Existing law provides for the issuance and enforcement of protective orders in cases involving domestic violence. Existing law provides for a Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act, which authorizes the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a tribunal of this state under certain conditions. Existing law establishes a Domestic Violence Restraining Order System for purposes of registering protection orders, as specified, which is administered by the Department of Justice.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 204	California SB 204 (20172018)	bill	Domestic violence: protective orders.	enacted	Dodd	7	25	3	2017-01-31	2017-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/7e3b8f32-8fe9-43ea-b416-ea53de9a4549	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204	9471c41634299a114a067463d165a09bd088a7f806ccc85d7f4d520940f277cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 204 (20172018) — Domestic violence: protective orders.

Existing law provides for the issuance and enforcement of protective orders in cases involving domestic violence. Existing law provides for a Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act, which authorizes the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a tribunal of this state under certain conditions. Existing law establishes a Domestic Violence Restraining Order System for purposes of registering protection orders, as specified, which is administered by the Department of Justice.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/21/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB204 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/11/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB204 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 204 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Chiu — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 851.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-11 May 15 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-16 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2017-05-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1223.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-07-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2473.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-06 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-07-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1936.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2017-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 98, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e3b8f32-8fe9-43ea-b416-ea53de9a4549. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).