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SENATE BILL 1264 (LOCKYER – 1992)

CHAPTER 726, STATUTES OF 1992

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Sections 425.15 and 425.16 were added to the Code of Civil Procedure and sections 5047.5 and 24001.5 were added to the Corporations Code in 1992 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 1264, which affected only these four sections.  (See Exhibit A, #1d)  Senator Bill Lockyer introduced the bill on January 6, 1992 at the request of the California Association of Professional Liability Insurers.  (See Exhibit A, #1a and #3, page 1)

 

Senate Bill 1264 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Judiciary where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibit A, #3)  The Senate amended the bill on March 26, 1992.  (See Exhibit A, #1b and #2)  Senate Bill 1264 was approved by the Senate and forwarded to the Assembly on April 2, 1992.  (See Exhibit A, #2)

 

 

While in the Assembly, the Committee on Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Administration of Justice considered the policy issues raised by the bill.  (See Exhibit A, #7)  The Assembly proposed one amendment to Senate Bill 1264.  (See Exhibit A, #1c and #2)  The Assembly thereafter approved the bill and returned it to the Senate.  (See Exhibit A, #2)

 

The Senate approved the Assembly amendments and forwarded Senate Bill 1264 to the Governor on August 25, 1992.  (See Exhibit A, #2)  Governor Pete Wilson signed the bill on September 16, 1992 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 17, 1992 as Chapter 726 of the Statutes of 1992.  (See Exhibit A, #1d and #2)

 

The analysis prepared for the Senate Committee on Judiciary indicated that the purpose of the bill was “. . . to protect public volunteers when they speak out on a public issue or serve as a volunteer officer or director of a nonprofit corporation.” (See Exhibit A, #3, page 3)