republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-204.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: protective orders."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "California SB 204 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: protective orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e3b8f32-8fe9-43ea-b416-ea53de9a4549"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204"
source_hash: "9471c41634299a114a067463d165a09bd088a7f806ccc85d7f4d520940f277cc"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204&version=20170SB20499INT)
2. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204&version=20170SB20498AMD)
3. **06/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204&version=20170SB20497AMD)
4. **06/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204&version=20170SB20496AMD)
5. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204&version=20170SB20494CHP)
6. **SB204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204)
7. **07/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB204&version=20170SB20495ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e3b8f32-8fe9-43ea-b416-ea53de9a4549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).