republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-290.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence documentation: victim access."
description: "Existing law requires state and local law enforcement agencies to provide, upon request and without charging a fee, one copy of all incident report face sheets, one copy of all incident reports, or both, to a victim, or the representative of a victim, of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult, as specified. Existing law requires the copy of the incident report to be made available during business hours, within 5 working days after a request, unless the state or local law enforcement agency informs the victim or the victim's representative of the reasons why the incident report is not available, as specified. Under existing law, these provisions apply to requests for domestic violence face sheets or incident reports made within 5 years from the date of the completion of the incident report, or within 2 years of the completion of the incident report for sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "California SB 290 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence documentation", "victim access"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba97ea27-d962-4e07-a917-293b99359764"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB290"
source_hash: "5d3d36cb4aa0eedf34188518629a185f43a45ec32e4d3f59b7300ef69ffc18bd"
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 290 (20232024) — Domestic violence documentation: victim access.

Existing law requires state and local law enforcement agencies to provide, upon request and without charging a fee, one copy of all incident report face sheets, one copy of all incident reports, or both, to a victim, or the representative of a victim, of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult, as specified. Existing law requires the copy of the incident report to be made available during business hours, within 5 working days after a request, unless the state or local law enforcement agency informs the victim or the victim's representative of the reasons why the incident report is not available, as specified. Under existing law, these provisions apply to requests for domestic violence face sheets or incident reports made within 5 years from the date of the completion of the incident report, or within 2 years of the completion of the incident report for sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB290&version=20230SB29099INT)
2. **03/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB290&version=20230SB29098AMD)
3. **07/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB290&version=20230SB29096CHP)
4. **SB290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB290)
5. **06/30/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB290&version=20230SB29097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 290 Min Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 659.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 961.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2427.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 71, 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/ba97ea27-d962-4e07-a917-293b99359764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).