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Bill Courts: contempt orders. Existing law requires a court to order a $1000 fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed five days for a person adjudged in contempt of court. Existing law specifies different terms of imprisonment and community service that a court shall order for a person found in contempt of court for failure to comply with a court order pursuant to the Family Code. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 AB 2338 California AB 2338 (20192020)
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California AB 2338 (20192020) — Courts: contempt orders.

Existing law requires a court to order a $1000 fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed five days for a person adjudged in contempt of court. Existing law specifies different terms of imprisonment and community service that a court shall order for a person found in contempt of court for failure to comply with a court order pursuant to the Family Code.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/14/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/04/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB2338 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/28/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2338 Weber Assembly Third Reading — 780 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB2338 Weber By Gonzalez — 300 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Weber — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2020-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  • 2020-02-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2020-03-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2020-03-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2020-05-04 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
  • 2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2020-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2020-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2020-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2020-06-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4818.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2020-06-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2020-07-01 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
  • 2020-07-31 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2020-08-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2020-08-10 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2020-08-10 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2020-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2020-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4351.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2020-08-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2020-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
  • 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 283, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/492f40d4-4936-418a-8a90-9bf854472975. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).