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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Restraining orders."
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description: "Existing law authorizes the court to issue an order to restrain a person to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse, and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to permit these persons to seek resolution. Existing law authorizes a person who has suffered harassment, as defined, to seek a temporary restraining order and an order prohibiting harassment. Existing law prohibits denial of the right to petition when the petitioner has vacated the household to avoid abuse, and, under certain conditions, in the case of a marital relationship."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 554"
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citation: "California SB 554 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Restraining orders"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2024-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7fed466-f1a9-4a65-8d76-4558a5d6f798"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554"
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source_hash: "a359e9f82699ef00c0879a611ee30feb84747941a00607be84411bc0c9447739"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 554 (20232024) — Restraining orders.
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Existing law authorizes the court to issue an order to restrain a person to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse, and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to permit these persons to seek resolution. Existing law authorizes a person who has suffered harassment, as defined, to seek a temporary restraining order and an order prohibiting harassment. Existing law prohibits denial of the right to petition when the petitioner has vacated the household to avoid abuse, and, under certain conditions, in the case of a marital relationship.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554&version=20230SB55499INT)
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2. **01/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554&version=20230SB55497AMD)
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3. **01/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554&version=20230SB55496AMD)
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4. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554&version=20230SB55498AMD)
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5. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554&version=20230SB55494CHP)
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6. **SB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554)
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7. **08/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB554&version=20230SB55495ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **32–6** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 554 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **65–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cortese — primary (person)
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- Ashby — coauthor (person)
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- Durazo — coauthor (person)
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- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-03** 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`
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- **2024-01-04** Set for hearing January 11.
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- **2024-01-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 2980.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-12** Set for hearing January 16.
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- **2024-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 3053.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-04** Coauthors revised.
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- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 6369.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2024-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 652, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7fed466-f1a9-4a65-8d76-4558a5d6f798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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