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.
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.
SB 954 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By CUNNINGHAM — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB954 Wieckowski Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (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).