---
type: "Bill"
title: "Settlement agreements: sexual offenses."
description: "Existing law prohibits a confidential settlement agreement in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for an act that may be prosecuted as a felony sex offense. Existing law provides that the prohibition does not affect the ability of parties to enter into a settlement agreement or stipulated agreement requiring nondisclosure of the amount of money paid in settlement of a claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1682"
citation: "California AB 1682 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Settlement agreements: sexual offenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-20"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8233ffb0-5aca-4686-97b0-fc736b11aed5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682"
source_hash: "c6adc07cfbf0ffc45186c53545cc57afcc3597582e6935acde09bf37815adff8"
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 1682 (20152016) — Settlement agreements: sexual offenses.

Existing law prohibits a confidential settlement agreement in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for an act that may be prosecuted as a felony sex offense. Existing law provides that the prohibition does not affect the ability of parties to enter into a settlement agreement or stipulated agreement requiring nondisclosure of the amount of money paid in settlement of a claim.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168299INT)
2. **02/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168298AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168297AMD)
4. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168296AMD)
5. **08/10/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168295AMD)
6. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168293CHP)
7. **AB1682** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682)
8. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1682&version=20150AB168294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1682 STONE Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1682 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1682 Mark Stone By Jackson — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
- **2016-02-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4360.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5016.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6108.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8233ffb0-5aca-4686-97b0-fc736b11aed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).