---
type: "Bill"
title: "Settlement agreements: restraints in trade."
description: "Existing law provides that every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is void to the extent that the contract restrains that person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 749"
citation: "California AB 749 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Settlement agreements: restraints in trade."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03672ca-bd82-4ebd-9b32-e821dbbbc68d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749"
source_hash: "37be5e34aac20205c99f9a318be11ea7600a35cfc0c2f79d933cb15bae7627cb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 749 (20192020) — Settlement agreements: restraints in trade.

Existing law provides that every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is void to the extent that the contract restrains that person.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749&version=20190AB74999INT)
2. **06/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749&version=20190AB74998AMD)
3. **08/15/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749&version=20190AB74997AMD)
4. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749&version=20190AB74995CHP)
5. **AB749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749)
6. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB749&version=20190AB74996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 749 Mark Stone Assembly Third Reading — **41–19** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB749 Mark Stone et al. By Durazo — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 749 Mark Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **46–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)
- Gonzalez — author (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 19. Page 1481.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 2462.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 22. Page 3031.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 808, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d03672ca-bd82-4ebd-9b32-e821dbbbc68d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).