Bill Text: CA SB774 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pets and veterinary services: emotional support dogs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 550, Statutes of 2022. [SB774 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB774-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
September 03, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 14, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 03, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Hertzberg |
February 19, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 952.1 is added to the Evidence Code, to read:952.1.
(a) For purposes of this section, “department” and “client” mean the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.(a)For purposes of this section, “department” means the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
(b)Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, the lawyer-client privilege applies to confidential communications between a lawyer of the
department and a complainant who files a complaint with the department or another person aggrieved by alleged discriminatory practices on whose behalf a complaint is filed. The department is the holder of the privilege and may claim the privilege.
(c)(1)Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 954 and subject to paragraph (2) of this subdivision, a complainant or aggrieved party shall assert the privilege described in subdivision (b) on behalf of the department, but shall not assert the privilege over the objection of the department.
(2)The privilege described in subdivision (b) shall not be waived without the written consent of the department.
(d)(1)The purpose of this section is to protect the confidentiality of communications between the department’s
lawyers and complainants or other aggrieved
persons to further the department’s enforcement of civil rights laws. Confidentiality of such communications is reasonably necessary for the department to conduct its investigations and prosecutions under state and federal antidiscrimination laws, vigorously enforce such laws on behalf of the department and the public interest, and remedy, deter, and prevent violation of such laws, and for the department’s lawyers to represent the department. This section does not establish a fiduciary,
attorney-client relationship between a department lawyer and a complainant or aggrieved person. It does not limit the department’s own rights under this article, its independent authority over how it receives, investigates, conciliates, mediates, or prosecutes
complaints, or the effective remedies available for violations of state and federal civil rights laws.
(2)This section is declarative of, and clarifies, existing law and applies retroactively.