CaliforniaWorkplace restraining order hearings will allow remote attendance starting 2028
Starting January 1, 2028, parties and witnesses may attend workplace restraining order hearings remotely, and courts must accept requests for those orders electronically.
What it does
Starting January 1, 2028, parties and witnesses may attend workplace restraining order hearings remotely. County courts cannot charge parties to attend remotely and must post instructions online.
Starting January 1, 2028, courts must accept workplace restraining order requests and related papers electronically. People who file a request that way receive specified case papers electronically unless they choose pickup.
Argument forStarting January 1, 2028, remote attendance could spare parties and witnesses a trip to court for workplace restraining order hearings.
Argument againstCounty courts may need staff time to set up remote hearing rules and electronic filing by January 1, 2028.
More detail
Starting January 1, 2028, parties and witnesses may attend workplace restraining order hearings remotely. This covers hearings on requests filed by employers or workers’ bargaining representatives after harassment, violence, or threats at work. County courts cannot charge parties to attend remotely. They must post rules and instructions online.
Starting January 1, 2028, courts must accept workplace restraining order requests and related papers electronically. This covers requests filed by employers or workers’ bargaining representatives and papers related to those requests. Courts must send specified case papers electronically to people who file a request that way, unless they choose to pick them up when filing. Those papers include the hearing notice and any granted temporary order.
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 10Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 30Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6869.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2179 Patel Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2179 Patel et al. By Blakespear. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 12Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 11Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jun 16Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 15From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jun 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 9
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- May 20Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- May 7In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2179 Patel Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 7Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4959.)Passed Assembly
- Apr 16Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24Coauthors revised.
- Mar 9Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced
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