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Bill Settlement agreements: confidentiality. Existing law prohibits a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for certain enumerated sexual offenses. Existing law prohibits a court from entering an order in any of these types of civil actions that restricts disclosure of this information, as specified, and it makes a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action, entered into on or after January 1, 2017, void as a matter of law and against public policy. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 820 California SB 820 (20172018)
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California SB 820 (20172018) — Settlement agreements: confidentiality.

Existing law prohibits a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action in a civil action with a factual foundation establishing a cause of action for civil damages for certain enumerated sexual offenses. Existing law prohibits a court from entering an order in any of these types of civil actions that restricts disclosure of this information, as specified, and it makes a provision in a settlement agreement that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the action, entered into on or after January 1, 2017, void as a matter of law and against public policy.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/30/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB820 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/28/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 82 (pass) · lower
  • SB 820 Leyva Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — 5619 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB820 Leyva et al. Concurrence — 308 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading SB820 Leyva et al. — 297 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 51 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Leyva — primary (person)
  • Beall — coauthor (person)
  • Gonzalez Fletcher — principal coauthor (person)
  • Hernandez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
  • 2018-01-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-10 Set for hearing May 1.
  • 2018-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4915.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-05-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 4212.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2018-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 6471.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2018-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5688.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
  • 2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 953, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c978f5fd-10b1-4106-a6ab-1b01093c7be4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).