---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidentiary privileges: lawyer referral service-client privilege."
description: "Existing law governs the admissibility of evidence in court proceedings and generally provides a privilege as to communications made in the course of the attorney-client relationship, as specified. Under existing law, the right of any person to claim certain evidentiary privileges, including the lawyer-client privilege, is waived with respect to a communication protected by the privilege if any holder of the privilege, without coercion, has disclosed a significant part of the communication or has consented to a disclosure made by anyone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 267"
citation: "California AB 267 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidentiary privileges: lawyer referral service-client privilege."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2013-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28384e0f-06db-4bcd-b6eb-5ec7374ffd2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB267"
source_hash: "5b1ffb920c24e090ef7fd8e0c37902ecf99f7d0ebf9eaa7a35e39038fe6f9956"
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 267 (20132014) — Evidentiary privileges: lawyer referral service-client privilege.

Existing law governs the admissibility of evidence in court proceedings and generally provides a privilege as to communications made in the course of the attorney-client relationship, as specified. Under existing law, the right of any person to claim certain evidentiary privileges, including the lawyer-client privilege, is waived with respect to a communication protected by the privilege if any holder of the privilege, without coercion, has disclosed a significant part of the communication or has consented to a disclosure made by anyone.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB267&version=20130AB26799INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB267&version=20130AB26798AMD)
3. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB267&version=20130AB26796CHP)
4. **AB267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB267)
5. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB267&version=20130AB26797ENR)

## Votes

- AB 267 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **56–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB267 Chau By Evans — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 995.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1685.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28384e0f-06db-4bcd-b6eb-5ec7374ffd2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).