republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-935.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: protective orders."
description: "The Domestic Violence Prevention Act authorizes a judicial officer to issue a protective order after notice and a hearing for the purpose of preventing a recurrence of domestic violence and ensuring a period of separation of the persons involved, based on an affidavit showing reasonable proof of past abuse. The act defines domestic violence as abuse perpetrated against specified persons, and further defines abuse within that context. Existing law authorizes an order issued by the court pursuant to these provisions to have a duration of not more than 5 years, subject to termination or modification, as specified. Existing law authorizes those orders to be renewed, upon the request of a party, either for 5 years or permanently, subject to termination or modification, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 935"
citation: "California SB 935 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: protective orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/094155b2-9130-4d89-aa08-ecd98725e65b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB935"
source_hash: "366336f9412ed281df9872afd56a02ca9bd8b294b050ee784f665b042980f6eb"
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 935 (20212022) — Domestic violence: protective orders.

The Domestic Violence Prevention Act authorizes a judicial officer to issue a protective order after notice and a hearing for the purpose of preventing a recurrence of domestic violence and ensuring a period of separation of the persons involved, based on an affidavit showing reasonable proof of past abuse. The act defines domestic violence as abuse perpetrated against specified persons, and further defines abuse within that context. Existing law authorizes an order issued by the court pursuant to these provisions to have a duration of not more than 5 years, subject to termination or modification, as specified. Existing law authorizes those orders to be renewed, upon the request of a party, either for 5 years or permanently, subject to termination or modification, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB935&version=20210SB93599INT)
2. **05/26/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB935&version=20210SB93598AMD)
3. **07/01/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB935&version=20210SB93596CHP)
4. **SB935** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB935)
5. **06/17/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB935&version=20210SB93597ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB935 Min et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB935 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 935 Min Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Min — primary (person)
- Rubio — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2022-02-07** (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
- **2022-02-07** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
- **2022-02-08** From printer.
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3254.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5305.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-06-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-06-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4265.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 88, 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/094155b2-9130-4d89-aa08-ecd98725e65b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).