republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1297.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automatic temporary restraining orders."
description: "Existing law authorizes the issuance of temporary restraining orders in proceedings for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, legal separation of the parties, and under the Uniform Parentage Act. Existing law requires that a temporary restraining order issued under these provisions remains in effect until the petition is dismissed, a final judgment is entered, or until further court order. Existing law prohibits the parties subject to a temporary restraining order from, among others, cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their child or children for whom support may be ordered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1297"
citation: "California AB 1297 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automatictemporaryrestrainingorders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefani"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe5a561f-59ab-4f0e-bca4-e82f532a1967"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1297"
source_hash: "e2532904f3805741a01991e761e313785d861f3a77d6d448586c30b32e7cbf40"
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 1297 (20252026) — Automatic temporary restraining orders.

Existing law authorizes the issuance of temporary restraining orders in proceedings for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, legal separation of the parties, and under the Uniform Parentage Act. Existing law requires that a temporary restraining order issued under these provisions remains in effect until the petition is dismissed, a final judgment is entered, or until further court order. Existing law prohibits the parties subject to a temporary restraining order from, among others, cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their child or children for whom support may be ordered.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1297&version=20250AB129799INT)
2. **03/19/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1297&version=20250AB129798AMD)
3. **07/14/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1297&version=20250AB129796CHP)
4. **AB1297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1297)
5. **06/24/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1297&version=20250AB129797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1297 Stefani Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stefani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1706.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 48, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe5a561f-59ab-4f0e-bca4-e82f532a1967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).