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type: "Bill"
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title: "Family law: exemplary damages."
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description: "Existing law provides that, in addition to any other remedy authorized by law, when a spouse is convicted of attempting to murder the other spouse, as specified, the injured spouse shall be entitled to 100% of the community property interest in his or her retirement and pension benefits, and a prohibition of specified support or insurance benefits from the injured spouse to the other spouse, as specified. Existing law defines injured spouse for these purposes. Existing law also authorizes a court to award attorney's fees and costs in the form of a sanction in these cases, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 2674"
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citation: "California AB 2674 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Family law: exemplary damages."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2010-02-19"
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last_action: "2010-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f869e741-b3c2-4bed-9440-aaff7ecfac95"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674"
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source_hash: "7013a89c0b5bf0341448d6abacfba69447bab78ee25c81819d9d9e00c0c42d04"
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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 AB 2674 (20092010) — Family law: exemplary damages.
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Existing law provides that, in addition to any other remedy authorized by law, when a spouse is convicted of attempting to murder the other spouse, as specified, the injured spouse shall be entitled to 100% of the community property interest in his or her retirement and pension benefits, and a prohibition of specified support or insurance benefits from the injured spouse to the other spouse, as specified. Existing law defines injured spouse for these purposes. Existing law also authorizes a court to award attorney's fees and costs in the form of a sanction in these cases, as specified.
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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. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674&version=20090AB267499INT)
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2. **07/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674&version=20090AB267497CHP)
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3. **AB2674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674)
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4. **06/25/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2674&version=20090AB267498ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2674 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2674 Block — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Block — primary (person)
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- Portantino — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4598.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2010-04-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4056.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
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- **2010-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
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- **2010-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2010.
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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/f869e741-b3c2-4bed-9440-aaff7ecfac95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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