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type: "Bill"
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title: "Evidence: admissibility."
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description: "Under existing law, when a person consults a mediator or mediation service for the purpose of retaining mediation services, or when parties agree to conduct and participate in a mediation for the purpose of compromising, settling, or resolving a civil dispute, anything said in the course of the consultation for mediation services or in the course of mediation is not admissible in evidence nor subject to discovery in any other civil action or proceeding. Existing law provides that evidence that is otherwise admissible is not inadmissible solely because it was introduced or used in a mediation or mediation consultation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 217"
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citation: "California SB 217 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Evidence: admissibility."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-02-01"
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last_action: "2017-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77dcfc9a-9505-4336-b03b-76c80b1511f0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB217"
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source_hash: "1284f232f982c90f6ca271ad1fbaecbc0acb8865130e18bc3d8faa87255777cb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 217 (20172018) — Evidence: admissibility.
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Under existing law, when a person consults a mediator or mediation service for the purpose of retaining mediation services, or when parties agree to conduct and participate in a mediation for the purpose of compromising, settling, or resolving a civil dispute, anything said in the course of the consultation for mediation services or in the course of mediation is not admissible in evidence nor subject to discovery in any other civil action or proceeding. Existing law provides that evidence that is otherwise admissible is not inadmissible solely because it was introduced or used in a mediation or mediation consultation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/01/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB217&version=20170SB21799INT)
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2. **07/10/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB217&version=20170SB21797CHP)
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3. **SB217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB217)
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4. **06/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB217&version=20170SB21798ENR)
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## Sponsors
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- Wieckowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
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- **2017-02-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 28.
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- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 539.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 642.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2017-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2017-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 60, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77dcfc9a-9505-4336-b03b-76c80b1511f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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