• SB 466 & AB 634: Like the Bills that Preceded Them, Threaten Trade Secrets and Other Intellectual Property, As Well as the Constitutional Right to Privacy. (2003) 

Sponsored by the Protect Our Parents Coalition (primarily supported by plaintiffs' lawyers). Significant amendments were taken allowing protective orders for documents except those documents that are evidence of elder abuse that are not privileged, not evidence of abuse, OR not prejudicial. CJAC continued to work on amendments to limit the applicability of this bill. It had similar provisions for confidential settlements. This is similar to last session's AB 36 (Steinberg). Amendments removed for creation of a new tort for destruction of relevant evidence in a civil action alleging a violation of the Elder Abuse Law.

• AB 634: As Introduced (02/19/03) 
• AB 634: Opposition Letter (04/21/03) 
• AB 634: Veto Request (08/25/03) 
• AB 634: Governor Davis Signs AB 634 (09/02/03) 

Bill died.

Amendment to become a study bill regarding permissive joinder. Sponsored by the author. Previous version provided that in product liability or environmental hazard actions, protective orders are unenforcable unless the court enters a final protective order. Similar to SB 11 from last session. Previous version of bill Amended to remove CJAC objections.

• SB 466: As Introduced (02/20/03)