(a) In a civil action for personal injury or wrongful death, evidence of a person‘s immigration status shall not be admitted into evidence, nor shall discovery into a person’s immigration status be permitted.

(b) This section does not affect the standards of relevance, admissibility, or discovery prescribed by § 3339 of the Civil Code, § 7285 of the Government Code, § 24000 of the Health and Safety Code, and § 1171.5 of the Labor Code.

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Terms Used In California Evidence Code 351.2

  • Action: includes a civil action and a criminal action. See California Evidence Code 105
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Evidence: means testimony, writings, material objects, or other things presented to the senses that are offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact. See California Evidence Code 140
  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Evidence Code 175

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 132, Sec. 1. (AB 2159) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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