AB 2159, as introduced, Gonzalez. Evidence: immigration status.
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 express the intent of the Legislature that these restrictions do not affect the rights or obligations of a person under other specified provisions of law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares that Section
2351.2 of the Evidence Code does not affect the rights or obligations
3of a person under Section 3339 of the Civil Code, Section 7285
4of the Government Code, Section 24000 of the Health and Safety
5Code, or Section 1171.5 of the Labor Code.
Section 351.2 is added to the Evidence Code, to read:
In a civil action for personal injury or wrongful death,
3evidence of a person’s immigration status shall not be admitted
4into evidence, nor shall discovery into a person’s immigration
5status be permitted.
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