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Bill 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20112012 AB 2570 California AB 2570 (20112012)
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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
  2. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/25/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB2570 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading AB2570 Hill By Correa — 350 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 61 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2570 HILL Assembly Third Reading — 4224 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2570 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 6315 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 115 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 63 (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; origin ocd-bill/35845c3c-acff-48d6-9cbc-ebfc0ffd7844. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).