Bill Text: CA AB560 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Civil actions: immigration status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2015. [AB560 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB560-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 560	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  151
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 10, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 10, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 13, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia,
Gonzalez, Lopez, Medina, and Rendon)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 3339.5 to the Civil Code, relating to civil
actions.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 560, Gomez. Civil actions: immigration status.
   Existing law declares that all protections, rights, and remedies
available under state law are available to all individuals in the
state who have applied for employment or are employed, regardless of
immigration status, as specified. Existing law also declares, for the
purposes of enforcing state labor, employment, civil rights, and
employee housing laws, that a person's immigration status is
irrelevant to the issue of liability and that discovery into a person'
s immigration status is prohibited unless the person seeking to make
the inquiry has shown by clear and convincing evidence that the
inquiry is necessary to comply with federal immigration law.
   This bill would additionally provide that the immigration status
of a minor child seeking recovery under any applicable law is
irrelevant to the issues of liability or remedy and would prohibit
discovery or other inquiry in a civil action or proceeding into a
minor child's immigration status, with specified exceptions.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3339.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   3339.5.  (a) The immigration status of a minor child seeking
recovery under any applicable law is irrelevant to the issues of
liability or remedy, except for employment-related prospective
injunctive relief that would directly violate federal law.
   (b) Discovery or other inquiry in a civil action or proceeding
relating to a minor child's immigration status shall not be permitted
except where the minor child's claims place the minor child's
immigration status directly in contention or the person seeking to
make this inquiry has shown by clear and convincing evidence that the
inquiry is necessary in order to comply with federal immigration
law.
   (c) The provisions of this section are declaratory of existing
law.
   (d) The express application of this act to minors is not intended
to imply that adults are not likewise protected by existing law in
the same circumstances.