Existing law prohibits a confidential settlement agreement in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for an act that may be prosecuted as a felony sex offense. Existing law provides that the prohibition does not affect the ability of parties to enter into a settlement agreement or stipulated agreement requiring nondisclosure of the amount of money paid in settlement of a claim.
California AB 1682 (20152016) — Settlement agreements: sexual offenses.
Existing law prohibits a confidential settlement agreement in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for an act that may be prosecuted as a felony sex offense. Existing law provides that the prohibition does not affect the ability of parties to enter into a settlement agreement or stipulated agreement requiring nondisclosure of the amount of money paid in settlement of a claim.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1682 STONE Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1682 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1682 Mark Stone By Jackson — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mark Stone — primary (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-21 From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
2016-02-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-02-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-03-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4360.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-08 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-10 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5016.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6108.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8233ffb0-5aca-4686-97b0-fc736b11aed5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).