republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-689.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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 to provide financial and technical assistance to local domestic violence centers in implementing specified services, including 24-hour crisis hotlines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 689"
citation: "California AB 689 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bddb1ac1-92ac-4a74-a0d1-3d48d389daf5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689"
source_hash: "58fc9ea29410a9faeae4ad3b52efc03f065e51d65a13f3b33854b52678a100cd"
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 689 (20212022) — 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 to provide financial and technical assistance to local domestic violence centers in implementing specified services, including 24-hour crisis hotlines.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689&version=20210AB68999INT)
2. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689&version=20210AB68998AMD)
3. **07/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689&version=20210AB68997AMD)
4. **08/31/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689&version=20210AB68995CHP)
5. **AB689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689)
6. **08/23/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB689&version=20210AB68996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 689 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB689 Petrie-Norris et al. By Rubio — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 689 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Seyarto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1408.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-07-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2041.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2462.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, 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/bddb1ac1-92ac-4a74-a0d1-3d48d389daf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).