republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2822.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence."
description: "Existing law requires every law enforcement agency to develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards for officers' responses to domestic violence calls. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to develop an incident report form that includes, among other things, a notation of whether the officer or officers who responded to the domestic violence call found it necessary, for the protection of the peace officer or other persons present, to inquire of the victim, the alleged abuser, or both, whether a firearm or other deadly weapon was present at the location, and, if there is an inquiry, whether that inquiry disclosed the presence of a firearm or other deadly weapon."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2822"
citation: "California AB 2822 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/571b06ae-184d-4dd1-9493-ddc933eca2a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822"
source_hash: "c92852adfa96a28139c620e4579a8278b7952d2660d5efc7684d94684041ef77"
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 2822 (20232024) — Domestic violence.

Existing law requires every law enforcement agency to develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards for officers' responses to domestic violence calls. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to develop an incident report form that includes, among other things, a notation of whether the officer or officers who responded to the domestic violence call found it necessary, for the protection of the peace officer or other persons present, to inquire of the victim, the alleged abuser, or both, whether a firearm or other deadly weapon was present at the location, and, if there is an inquiry, whether that inquiry disclosed the presence of a firearm or other deadly weapon.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822&version=20230AB282299INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822&version=20230AB282298AMD)
3. **06/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822&version=20230AB282297AMD)
4. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822&version=20230AB282295CHP)
5. **AB2822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822)
6. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2822&version=20230AB282296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2822 Gabriel Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2822 Gabriel et al. By Rubio — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2822 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** 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`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4999.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-06-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5202.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6424.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/571b06ae-184d-4dd1-9493-ddc933eca2a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).