Lorena Gonzalez
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides that all relevant evidence is admissible in an action before the court, including evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness or hearsay declarant, subject to specified exceptions. This bill would provide that, in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death, evidence of a person's immigration status is not admissible and discovery of a person's immigration status is not permitted. The bill would also provide that these restrictions do not affect the standards of relevance, admissibility, or discovery under other specified provisions of law.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2016.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 4726.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 4229.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 29).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2159 | HTML |
| 02/17/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/31/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/03/16 - Enrolled | |
| 08/17/16 - Chaptered |
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