{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"9409.5","citation":"Gov. Code, § 9409.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902. - 10606.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902. - 9937.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Witnesses [9400. - 9414.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1/chapter-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1672, Sec. 1.5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he or she shall be examined by the Senate, Assembly, or a committee, upon the ground that the testimony to the fact or the production of the paper may tend to disgrace the witness or otherwise render the witness infamous.</p>","text":"No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he or she shall be examined by the Senate, Assembly, or a committee, upon the ground that the testimony to the fact or the production of the paper may tend to disgrace the witness or otherwise render the witness infamous.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/witnesses-9409-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}