CA AB 2179
enactedWorkplace violence: restraining orders.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2179 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2179 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2179 about?
Existing law authorizes any employer or authorized bargaining representative, as specified, whose employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence 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. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2028, allow any party or witness to a petition for a restraining order to appear remotely at a hearing and would prohibit any fee for appearing remotely. The bill would require the court of each county to develop rules and instructions for such remote appearances and post them on its website. The bill would also, commencing on January 1, 2028, require courts to allow filings related to such protective orders to be submitted electronically, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 527.8 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by AB 1961 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1961 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors CA AB 2179?
Patel is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2179, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law authorizes any employer or authorized bargaining representative, as specified, whose employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence 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. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2028, allow any party or witness to a petition for a restraining order to appear remotely at a hearing and would prohibit any fee for appearing remotely. The bill would require the court of each county to develop rules and instructions for such remote appearances and post them on its website. The bill would also, commencing on January 1, 2028, require courts to allow filings related to such protective orders to be submitted electronically, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 527.8 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by AB 1961 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1961 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
- Introduced
- 2026-06-01
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Patelauthor
- Kalracoauthor
- Pachecocoauthor
- Zburcoauthor
- Blakespearcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-10
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6869.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-11
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-15
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-01
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-20
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-07
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-07
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4959.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).
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2026-03-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-24
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-24 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
Do pass.
2026-04-15 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pellerin: other
- Muratsuchi: other
AB 2179 Patel Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-07 · pass · 70-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Fong: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Patel: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Davies: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ward: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ta: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Solache: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hoover: other
- Wicks: other
- Chen: other
- Bonta: other
- Hart: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Wallis: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Flora: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-09 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Allen: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Niello: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Stern: other
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