Description:

To implement Senate Bill 899 (Stats. 2024, ch. 544), which goes into effect on January 1, 2026,
the Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee proposes the adoption and revision of numerous
restraining order forms, including forms for restraining orders based on civil harassment, elder or
dependent adult abuse, gun violence, postsecondary school violence, and workplace violence.
However, one civil harassment restraining order form and all the postsecondary school violence
restraining order forms are addressed in separate spring cycle proposals because they are
impacted by legislation other than SB 899. The civil harassment restraining order petition (form
CH-100) is included in a proposal entitled Protective Orders: Civil Harassment Forms to
Implement Senate Bill 554. The postsecondary school violence restraining order forms are
addressed in a proposal entitled Protective Orders: Postsecondary School Violence Forms to
Implement Assembly Bill 2096. Comments regarding the implementation of SB 899 in the forms
included in those proposals should be directed to this invitation to comment rather than to the
other proposals.

Category: Civil and Small Claims

Item Number: SPR25-27

Deadline: May 23, 2025

File: spr25-27.pdf