republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-673.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 673"
citation: "California AB 673 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10df6477-5c1a-4725-9830-f897c1654b80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673"
source_hash: "270473a9a9b30b224e9a96d14a185be36671ade662a6e0df98a669881838c8ea"
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 673 (20212022) — Domestic violence.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673&version=20210AB67399INT)
2. **06/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673&version=20210AB67398AMD)
3. **08/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673&version=20210AB67397AMD)
4. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673&version=20210AB67395CHP)
5. **AB673** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673)
6. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB673&version=20210AB67396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB673 Salas et al. By Rubio — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 673 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 673 Salas Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — principal coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1251.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2229.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2647.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10df6477-5c1a-4725-9830-f897c1654b80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).