California Assembly Bill 451
Session 20252026
Law enforcement policies: restraining orders.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 13, 2025
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
451
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 451 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Assembly Roll Call Votes
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Ávila Farías
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Johnson
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Summary
Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain policies on specified subjects, including, among others, the use of force, gun violence restraining orders, and responding to domestic violence calls.
This bill would require each municipal police department and county sheriff's department, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and the University of California and California State University Police Departments to, on or before January 1, 2027, develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards to promote safe, consistent, and effective service, implementation, and enforcement of court protection and restraining orders that include firearm access restrictions. The bill would require these policies and standards to, among other things, provide a standard agency process for law enforcement to serve an order against a restrained person in a timely manner and ensure the agency consistently complies with specified requirements under California law governing service of protection and restraining orders. By expanding the duties of local law enforcement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
02/06/25 - Introduced
February 6, 2025
06/25/25 - Amended Senate
June 25, 2025
09/16/25 - Enrolled
September 16, 2025
10/13/25 - Chaptered
October 13, 2025
03/10/25- Assembly Public Safety
March 10, 2025
04/08/25- Assembly Appropriations
April 8, 2025
05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 28, 2025
06/22/25- Senate Public Safety
June 22, 2025
07/04/25- Senate Judiciary
July 4, 2025
08/15/25- Senate Appropriations
August 15, 2025
08/29/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 29, 2025
09/12/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 12, 2025
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10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2025.
10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/24/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
09/12/2025
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3375.).
09/12/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/11/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2920.).
08/29/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
08/18/2025
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
07/09/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/25/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
06/24/2025
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24).
06/11/2025
Senate
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
06/03/2025
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
06/02/2025
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1831.)
05/27/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
04/09/2025
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
03/11/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
02/18/2025
Assembly
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
02/07/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
02/06/2025
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 7, 2025 5:56:02 AM
Record Updated
Nov 19, 2025 8:46:27 AM