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Bill	Restraining orders.	(1) 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 a filing fee for, and a fee for the service of process by a sheriff or marshal of, a protective or restraining order if the order is based upon stalking, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 561	California AB 561 (20252026)	bill	Restrainingorders	enacted	Quirk-Silva	8	32	8	2025-02-12	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/886794bb-7b96-4972-b40f-613f506e4bff	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB561	97920cebbf8565bb83932ec18dc9cf56f986c2ac3d8214e445d2ff862319e8c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 561 (20252026) — Restraining orders.

(1) 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 a filing fee for, and a fee for the service of process by a sheriff or marshal of, a protective or restraining order if the order is based upon stalking, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB561 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB561 Quirk-Silva By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 561 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 561 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to 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 79. Noes 0. Page 1838.) 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 Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-08-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2170.)
• 2025-08-25 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
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-03 From special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2668.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3222.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/886794bb-7b96-4972-b40f-613f506e4bff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).