republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1276.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program in the Office of Emergency Services to, among other things, provide local assistance to existing service providers and to establish a targeted or directed program for the development and establishment of domestic violence services in currently unserved and underserved areas. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to provide financial and technical assistance to local domestic violence centers in implementing specified services. Existing law authorizes domestic violence centers to seek, receive, and make use of any funds that may be available from all public and private sources to augment state funds and requires centers receiving funds to provide cash or an in-kind match of at least 10% of the funds received."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1276"
citation: "California SB 1276 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db9eefa-697b-4c5d-879b-e064ad9101f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1276"
source_hash: "3ad6a7b980b3d02f6a972412e0593698e0a09eb646727b50b19e6a35dccc06cb"
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 1276 (20192020) — The Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program.

Existing law establishes the Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program in the Office of Emergency Services to, among other things, provide local assistance to existing service providers and to establish a targeted or directed program for the development and establishment of domestic violence services in currently unserved and underserved areas. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to provide financial and technical assistance to local domestic violence centers in implementing specified services. Existing law authorizes domestic violence centers to seek, receive, and make use of any funds that may be available from all public and private sources to augment state funds and requires centers receiving funds to provide cash or an in-kind match of at least 10% of the funds received.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1276&version=20190SB127699INT)
2. **04/02/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1276&version=20190SB127698AMD)
3. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1276&version=20190SB127696CHP)
4. **SB1276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1276)
5. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1276&version=20190SB127697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1276 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB1276 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-12** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2020-05-14** May 20 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-15** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2020-05-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3685.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5279.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 249, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8db9eefa-697b-4c5d-879b-e064ad9101f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).