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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil discovery: mental examination."
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description: "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."
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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 755"
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citation: "California SB 755 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil discovery: mental examination."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-07-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f217da98-467e-40c4-aaf5-18a892e847d8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755"
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source_hash: "cfb6ce520fe4e6ced21ce3d5bdbca18465f894b760b446a423e82119e7044461"
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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 755 (20172018) — Civil discovery: mental examination.
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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.
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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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75599INT)
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2. **05/09/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75598AMD)
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3. **05/15/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75597AMD)
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4. **06/14/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75596AMD)
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5. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75594CHP)
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6. **SB755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755)
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7. **07/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB755&version=20170SB75595ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 755 Beall Senate Third Reading By REYES — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB755 Beall Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-25** Set for hearing May 2.
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- **2017-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-09** Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
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- **2017-05-15** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-16** Published May 16 at 12:11 p.m.
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- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1138.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2471.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-07-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 133, 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/f217da98-467e-40c4-aaf5-18a892e847d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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