---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensees: settlement agreements."
description: "Existing law provides that it is a cause for suspension, disbarment, or other discipline for an attorney to agree or seek agreement that the professional misconduct or the terms of a settlement of a claim for professional misconduct are not to be reported to the disciplinary agency, or to agree or seek agreement that the plaintiff shall withdraw a disciplinary complaint or not cooperate with an investigation or prosecution conducted by the disciplinary agency. Existing law prohibits a physician and surgeon from including specified provisions in an agreement to settle a civil dispute arising from his or her practice. Except as specified, existing law authorizes any interested person to petition a state agency requesting the adoption of a regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2570"
citation: "California AB 2570 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensees: settlement agreements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35845c3c-acff-48d6-9cbc-ebfc0ffd7844"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2570"
source_hash: "e1d4d3450679b7da812b58c3fff07e4120d44ab6b06ec967d4ae993240b1faab"
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 2570 (20112012) — Licensees: settlement agreements.

Existing law provides that it is a cause for suspension, disbarment, or other discipline for an attorney to agree or seek agreement that the professional misconduct or the terms of a settlement of a claim for professional misconduct are not to be reported to the disciplinary agency, or to agree or seek agreement that the plaintiff shall withdraw a disciplinary complaint or not cooperate with an investigation or prosecution conducted by the disciplinary agency. Existing law prohibits a physician and surgeon from including specified provisions in an agreement to settle a civil dispute arising from his or her practice. Except as specified, existing law authorizes any interested person to petition a state agency requesting the adoption of a regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2570&version=20110AB257099INT)
2. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2570&version=20110AB257098AMD)
3. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2570&version=20110AB257096CHP)
4. **AB2570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2570)
5. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2570&version=20110AB257097ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2570 Hill By Correa — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2570 HILL Assembly Third Reading — **42–24** (pass) · lower
- AB 2570 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 24. Page 4990.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4695.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 6325.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35845c3c-acff-48d6-9cbc-ebfc0ffd7844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).