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Bill	Domestic violence: restraining orders.	Existing law allows a civil court, after notice and a hearing, to issue an order to enjoin a person from, among other things, attacking, stalking, or threatening another person. Under existing law, the protective order may be valid for up to 5 years, as determined by the court, and may be renewed for 5 or more years, or permanently, at the discretion of the court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 459	California SB 459 (20232024)	bill	Domestic violence restraining orders	enacted	Rubio	8	32	6	2023-02-13	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4ac4510e-d205-48a3-aef5-8fb1f2a2ba35	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB459	885f7eeeb58498f92c6f23a4f69ca1fbb9188973bbef1a2cf2a66eab0589d876	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 459 (20232024) — Domestic violence: restraining orders.

Existing law allows a civil court, after notice and a hearing, to issue an order to enjoin a person from, among other things, attacking, stalking, or threatening another person. Under existing law, the protective order may be valid for up to 5 years, as determined by the court, and may be renewed for 5 or more years, or permanently, at the discretion of the court.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB459 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 459 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB459 Rubio et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar SB459 Rubio et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rubio — primary (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-12 April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-04-13 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 893.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-05 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2023-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1103.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 June 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Blanca Rubio.
• 2023-08-17 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-08-31 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2990.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2600.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 874, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ac4510e-d205-48a3-aef5-8fb1f2a2ba35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).