--- type: "Bill" title: "Civil discovery: mental examination." description: "Existing law authorizes any party to obtain discovery by means of a physical or mental examination of a party to the action, an agent of any party, or a natural person in the custody of or under the legal control of a party, in any action in which the mental or physical condition of that party or other person is in controversy. Existing law requires a party to obtain leave of court to conduct a mental examination of a party, and requires a court to grant a motion for a mental examination only for good cause shown. Existing law also requires a mental examination to be performed by a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist with specified training." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 755" citation: "California SB 755 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil discovery: mental examination."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Beall"] version_count: 7 action_count: 23 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-07-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f217da98-467e-40c4-aaf5-18a892e847d8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755" source_hash: "cfb6ce520fe4e6ced21ce3d5bdbca18465f894b760b446a423e82119e7044461" 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 SB 755 (20172018) — Civil discovery: mental examination. Existing law authorizes any party to obtain discovery by means of a physical or mental examination of a party to the action, an agent of any party, or a natural person in the custody of or under the legal control of a party, in any action in which the mental or physical condition of that party or other person is in controversy. Existing law requires a party to obtain leave of court to conduct a mental examination of a party, and requires a court to grant a motion for a mental examination only for good cause shown. Existing law also requires a mental examination to be performed by a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist with specified training. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75599INT) 2. **05/09/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75598AMD) 3. **05/15/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75597AMD) 4. **06/14/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75596AMD) 5. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75594CHP) 6. **SB755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755) 7. **07/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75595ENR) ## Votes - SB 755 Beall Senate Third Reading By REYES — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB755 Beall Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Beall — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-25** Set for hearing May 2. - **2017-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-09** Published May 9 at 9 p.m. - **2017-05-15** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-05-15** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-16** Published May 16 at 12:11 p.m. - **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1138.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2471.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-07-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-07-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m. - **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f217da98-467e-40c4-aaf5-18a892e847d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).