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Bill Lawyer-client privilege: holder of the privilege. Existing law provides that the client of a lawyer has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication between the client and lawyer if the privilege is claimed by the holder of the privilege. Existing law defines "holder of the privilege" to include a guardian or conservator of the client, if the client has a guardian or conservator. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 1290 California AB 1290 (20172018)
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California AB 1290 (20172018) — Lawyer-client privilege: holder of the privilege.

Existing law provides that the client of a lawyer has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication between the client and lawyer if the privilege is claimed by the holder of the privilege. Existing law defines "holder of the privilege" to include a guardian or conservator of the client, if the client has a guardian or conservator.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/06/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/22/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/18/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. AB1290 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Obernolte — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
  • 2017-03-13 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-04-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1271.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2017-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-06-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2017-08-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2017-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2017-09-14 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Nguyen.
  • 2018-08-20 From inactive file.
  • 2018-08-20 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 5892.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
  • 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6885.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f0594ca-add0-4f25-83bc-d38221a0ebfc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).