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Bill	Reporters' shield law.	The reporter's shield law contained in the California Constitution prohibits a publisher, editor, reporter, or other person connected with or employed by a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, or by a press association or wire service, from being held in contempt for refusing to disclose the source of any information procured for publication while so connected or employed. The law also prohibits any of those persons from being held in contempt for refusing to disclose any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving, or processing information for communication to the public.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 558	California SB 558 (20132014)	bill	Reporters' shield law.	enacted	Lieu	8	34	8	2013-02-22	2013-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/a1fa35c5-4df9-4724-8c34-4d50cffc1aac	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB558	459202b3c6df280660a0d3079a41fbcf49565d95f1cf779ca4c2113e1cf7ee75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 558 (20132014) — Reporters' shield law.

The reporter's shield law contained in the California Constitution prohibits a publisher, editor, reporter, or other person connected with or employed by a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, or by a press association or wire service, from being held in contempt for refusing to disclose the source of any information procured for publication while so connected or employed. The law also prohibits any of those persons from being held in contempt for refusing to disclose any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving, or processing information for communication to the public.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB558 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/06/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 558 Lieu Senate Third Reading By WAGNER — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB558 Lieu Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)
• Wagner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-04 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2013-04-10 Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
• 2013-05-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2013-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 883.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 907.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-24 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2013-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-06-17 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-08 From consent calendar.
• 2013-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-08-12 Read third time and amended. (Page 2512.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-12 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2707.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2034.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-31 Set for hearing September 3.
• 2013-09-03 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2122.) committee-passage
• 2013-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2132.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 519, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1fa35c5-4df9-4724-8c34-4d50cffc1aac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).