---
type: "Bill"
title: "Settlement agreements: confidentiality."
description: "Existing law prohibits a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for certain enumerated sexual offenses. Existing law prohibits a court from entering an order in any of these types of civil actions that restricts disclosure of this information, as specified, and it makes a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action, entered into on or after January 1, 2017, void as a matter of law and against public policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "California SB 820 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Settlement agreements: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c978f5fd-10b1-4106-a6ab-1b01093c7be4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820"
source_hash: "49cc65c8a578e2ad8d962835c1fdb35049d50dfb1e13e0ddf7ee19c5c2322bff"
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 820 (20172018) — Settlement agreements: confidentiality.

Existing law prohibits a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for certain enumerated sexual offenses. Existing law prohibits a court from entering an order in any of these types of civil actions that restricts disclosure of this information, as specified, and it makes a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action, entered into on or after January 1, 2017, void as a matter of law and against public policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820&version=20170SB82099INT)
2. **05/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820&version=20170SB82098AMD)
3. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820&version=20170SB82097AMD)
4. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820&version=20170SB82095CHP)
5. **SB820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820)
6. **08/28/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB820&version=20170SB82096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 820 Leyva Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **56–19** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB820 Leyva et al. Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB820 Leyva et al. — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leyva — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — principal coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4915.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 4212.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 6471.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5688.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 953, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c978f5fd-10b1-4106-a6ab-1b01093c7be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).