republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-139.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: fees."
description: "Existing law imposes a fee of $500 on every person who is granted probation for a crime of domestic violence. Two-thirds of the fee is deposited in the county's domestic violence programs special fund to be expended in support of domestic violence shelter programs, as specified. Existing law authorizes fines to be reduced, as specified, for time served."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 139"
citation: "California AB 139 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-01-17"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2876a5e8-1300-4e03-8428-088b6aa5c129"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139"
source_hash: "6c269675495758752efb0446865ec189934542c162c5d8c2836f32d5f0e84756"
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 AB 139 (20132014) — Domestic violence: fees.

Existing law imposes a fee of $500 on every person who is granted probation for a crime of domestic violence. Two-thirds of the fee is deposited in the county's domestic violence programs special fund to be expended in support of domestic violence shelter programs, as specified. Existing law authorizes fines to be reduced, as specified, for time served.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139&version=20130AB13999INT)
2. **03/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139&version=20130AB13998AMD)
3. **06/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139&version=20130AB13997AMD)
4. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139&version=20130AB13995CHP)
5. **AB139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139)
6. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB139&version=20130AB13996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB139 Holden By Liu — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 139 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 139 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 651.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-03-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1686.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2461.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2876a5e8-1300-4e03-8428-088b6aa5c129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).