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Bill	Law enforcement policies: restraining orders.	Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain policies on specified subjects, including, among others, the use of force, gun violence restraining orders, and responding to domestic violence calls.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 451	California AB 451 (20252026)	bill	Lawenforcementpolicies restrainingorders	enacted	Petrie-Norris	5	22	9	2025-02-06	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d52a2e8f-dc6c-4eff-8806-1725947fb3d1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB451	fcc76b5abb29b2f411aec26753275b45e6e4773644d8b0765c4cd0263374018d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 451 (20252026) — Law enforcement policies: restraining orders.

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain policies on specified subjects, including, among others, the use of force, gun violence restraining orders, and responding to domestic violence calls.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/25/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB451 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 451 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB451 Petrie-Norris By Blakespear — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 451 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1831.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2920.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3375.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d52a2e8f-dc6c-4eff-8806-1725947fb3d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).