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Bill Mediation: confidentiality: disclosure. Under existing law, if a person consults a mediator or consulting service for the purpose of retaining mediation services, or if persons 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 a mediation consultation or in the course of the mediation is not admissible in evidence nor subject to discovery, and all communications, negotiations, and settlement discussions by and between participants or mediators are confidential, except as specified. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 954 California SB 954 (20172018)
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California SB 954 (20172018) — Mediation: confidentiality: disclosure.

Under existing law, if a person consults a mediator or consulting service for the purpose of retaining mediation services, or if persons 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 a mediation consultation or in the course of the mediation is not admissible in evidence nor subject to discovery, and all communications, negotiations, and settlement discussions by and between participants or mediators are confidential, except as specified.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/30/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/10/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/16/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/11/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. SB954 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/23/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • SB 954 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By CUNNINGHAM — 790 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB954 Wieckowski Concurrence — 360 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
  • 2018-02-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-18 Set for hearing May 1.
  • 2018-04-23 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
  • 2018-04-24 May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2018-04-25 Set for hearing May 8.
  • 2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4997.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5087.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2018-05-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-16 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2018-08-16 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6404.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2018-08-21 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5547.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2018-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0078a2b8-388c-4424-bec3-b777fd3433df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).