republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1817.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes a Domestic Violence Restraining Order System for purposes of registering restraining and protective orders and injunctions, as specified, which is administered by the Department of Justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1817"
citation: "California AB 1817 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/434c84be-8897-43bb-9817-c70bc0b8bb78"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817"
source_hash: "b227e818a5d930b0989f211023a24530a39902f6270a34ed750d119538a4927e"
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 1817 (20192020) — Family law omnibus.

(1) Existing law establishes a Domestic Violence Restraining Order System for purposes of registering restraining and protective orders and injunctions, 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. **03/06/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817&version=20190AB181799INT)
2. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817&version=20190AB181798AMD)
3. **04/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817&version=20190AB181797AMD)
4. **06/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817&version=20190AB181796AMD)
5. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817&version=20190AB181794CHP)
6. **AB1817** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817)
7. **07/02/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1817&version=20190AB181795ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1817 JUD. (Stone) By Jackson — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1817 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1817 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1261.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-06-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-06-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1818.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2484.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 115, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/434c84be-8897-43bb-9817-c70bc0b8bb78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).