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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational safety: workplace violence: restraining orders and workplace violence prevention plan."
description: "Existing law authorizes any employer, whose employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from any individual that can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, to seek a temporary restraining order and an order after hearing on behalf of the employee and other employees at the workplace, as described."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "California SB 553 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational safety", "restraining orders and workplace violence prevention plan", "workplace violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 39
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dbf3ef6-79af-4cf3-8d58-b948e6bdf342"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553"
source_hash: "e02482cc5fac4b975f79f18fad5af4d316837e260cfc45361da31c5d69c6efa8"
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 553 (20232024) — Occupational safety: workplace violence: restraining orders and workplace violence prevention plan.
Existing law authorizes any employer, whose employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from any individual that can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, to seek a temporary restraining order and an order after hearing on behalf of the employee and other employees at the workplace, as described.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55399INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55398AMD)
3. **03/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55397AMD)
4. **04/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55396AMD)
5. **05/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55395AMD)
6. **06/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55394AMD)
7. **07/10/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55393AMD)
8. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55392AMD)
9. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55391AMD)
10. **09/30/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55389CHP)
11. **SB553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553)
12. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553&version=20230SB55390ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB553 Cortese et al. Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 553 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Ortega — **55–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cortese — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2023-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 712.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 25 in JUD. pending receipt.
- **2023-04-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 894.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1175.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1401.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 3202.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2615.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 289, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dbf3ef6-79af-4cf3-8d58-b948e6bdf342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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