republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-547.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: victim's rights."
description: "Existing law provides specified rights to victims of crime, including, for victims of domestic violence or abuse, as defined, the right to have a domestic violence advocate and a support person of the victim's choosing present at any interview by law enforcement authorities, prosecutors, or defense attorneys. Existing law also requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, or director of the local department of corrections to give notice not less than 15 days prior to the release from the state prison or a county jail of any person who is convicted of specified crimes, including domestic violence, of any change in the parole status or relevant change in the parole location of the convicted person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 547"
citation: "California AB 547 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: victim's rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0b2c02-8313-4910-9408-dd794e7e1163"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547"
source_hash: "fe470de8703bea8a12582748786b8f899ce9822ba2a48248b26719fb03652009"
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 547 (20212022) — Domestic violence: victim's rights.

Existing law provides specified rights to victims of crime, including, for victims of domestic violence or abuse, as defined, the right to have a domestic violence advocate and a support person of the victim's choosing present at any interview by law enforcement authorities, prosecutors, or defense attorneys. Existing law also requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, or director of the local department of corrections to give notice not less than 15 days prior to the release from the state prison or a county jail of any person who is convicted of specified crimes, including domestic violence, of any change in the parole status or relevant change in the parole location of the convicted person.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547&version=20210AB54799INT)
2. **03/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547&version=20210AB54798AMD)
3. **06/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547&version=20210AB54797AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547&version=20210AB54795CHP)
5. **AB547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB547&version=20210AB54796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 547 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 547 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB547 McCarty By Rubio — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member McCarty.
- **2022-01-06** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member McCarty.
- **2022-01-10** From inactive file.
- **2022-01-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-01-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 3308.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** From special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5181.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 941, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0b2c02-8313-4910-9408-dd794e7e1163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).