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| Bill | Civil discovery: mental examination. | Existing law authorizes any party to obtain discovery by means of a physical or mental examination of a party to the action, an agent of any party, or a natural person in the custody of or under the legal control of a party, in any action in which the mental or physical condition of that party or other person is in controversy. Existing law requires a party to obtain leave of court to conduct a mental examination of a party, and requires a court to grant a motion for a mental examination only for good cause shown. Existing law also requires a mental examination to be performed by a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist with specified training. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20172018 | SB 755 | California SB 755 (20172018) |
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California SB 755 (20172018) — Civil discovery: mental examination.
Existing law authorizes any party to obtain discovery by means of a physical or mental examination of a party to the action, an agent of any party, or a natural person in the custody of or under the legal control of a party, in any action in which the mental or physical condition of that party or other person is in controversy. Existing law requires a party to obtain leave of court to conduct a mental examination of a party, and requires a court to grant a motion for a mental examination only for good cause shown. Existing law also requires a mental examination to be performed by a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist with specified training.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 05/09/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 05/15/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 06/14/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 07/24/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- SB755 (committee substitute) — source
- 07/11/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- SB 755 Beall Senate Third Reading By REYES — 75–0 (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB755 Beall Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Beall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction, reading-1 - 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- 2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee - 2017-04-25 Set for hearing May 2.
- 2017-05-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (May 2).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage - 2017-05-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2 - 2017-05-09 Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
- 2017-05-15 Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1 - 2017-05-15 Ordered to second reading.
- 2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2017-05-16 Published May 16 at 12:11 p.m.
- 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1138.) Ordered to the Assembly.
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2017-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1 - 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee - 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage - 2017-06-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2 - 2017-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2017-07-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2471.) Ordered to the Senate.
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2017-07-06 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- 2017-07-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage - 2017-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- 2017-07-24 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2017-07-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f217da98-467e-40c4-aaf5-18a892e847d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).