republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-430.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strangulation."
description: "Existing law establishes various crimes against the person, such as assault and battery, and provides that any person who willfully inflicts upon a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child, corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, or by incarceration in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine, or by both imprisonment and a fine, as specified. Existing law defines \"traumatic condition\" for these purposes to mean a condition of the body, such as a wound or external or internal injury, whether of a minor or serious nature, caused by a physical force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 430"
citation: "California SB 430 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Strangulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/227ce62a-b6b8-40f4-8aa6-755e4526520a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430"
source_hash: "c81cbb2acf558c193bf2305d0b45ace92c8bd3a0d88ccb37d626aa13bc57cc83"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 430 (20112012) — Strangulation.

Existing law establishes various crimes against the person, such as assault and battery, and provides that any person who willfully inflicts upon a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child, corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, or by incarceration in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine, or by both imprisonment and a fine, as specified. Existing law defines "traumatic condition" for these purposes to mean a condition of the body, such as a wound or external or internal injury, whether of a minor or serious nature, caused by a physical force.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430&version=20110SB43099INT)
2. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430&version=20110SB43098AMD)
3. **06/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430&version=20110SB43097AMD)
4. **07/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430&version=20110SB43095CHP)
5. **SB430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430)
6. **07/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB430&version=20110SB43096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 430 Kehoe Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 862.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-05-12** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1171.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2101.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-07-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1785.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-07-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 129, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/227ce62a-b6b8-40f4-8aa6-755e4526520a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).