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| Bill | Civil law: libel: damages. | Under existing law, in any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper or of a slander by a radio broadcast, the plaintiff is required to recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded and the correction is not published or broadcast. If a correction is demanded and the correction is not published or broadcast in a specified manner in the newspaper or on the broadcasting station, existing law authorizes the plaintiff to recover general, special, and exemplary damages provided certain requirements are met. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20152016 | AB 998 | California AB 998 (20152016) |
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California AB 998 (20152016) — Civil law: libel: damages.
Under existing law, in any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper or of a slander by a radio broadcast, the plaintiff is required to recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded and the correction is not published or broadcast. If a correction is demanded and the correction is not published or broadcast in a specified manner in the newspaper or on the broadcasting station, existing law authorizes the plaintiff to recover general, special, and exemplary damages provided certain requirements are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 04/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 06/25/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 09/28/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- AB998 (committee substitute) — source
- 09/03/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #8 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- AB 998 WAGNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- AB 998 WAGNER Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Wagner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print.
reading-1 - 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee - 2015-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7).
amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage - 2015-04-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1 - 2015-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2015-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1619.)
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2015-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1 - 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee - 2015-06-25 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 - 2015-07-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 14).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2015-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2015-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
- 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2310.).
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- 2015-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
- 2015-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2748.).
committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage - 2015-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- 2015-09-28 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2015-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 343, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32e70564-a0a4-446b-a474-6433fc9e8da3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).