--- type: "Bill" title: "Settlement and nondisparagement agreements." description: "Existing law prohibits a settlement agreement from preventing the disclosure of factual information regarding specified acts related to a claim filed in a civil action or a complaint filed in an administrative action. These acts include sexual assault, as defined; sexual harassment, as defined; an act of workplace harassment or discrimination based on sex, failure to prevent such an act, or retaliation against a person for reporting such an act; and an act of harassment or discrimination based on sex by the owner of a housing accommodation, as defined, or retaliation against a person for reporting such an act." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 331" citation: "California SB 331 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Settlement and nondisparagement agreements."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"] version_count: 7 action_count: 31 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2021-02-08" last_action: "2021-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b077bc-d3c3-4eea-80d2-cc8dc61158b4" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331" source_hash: "3efd3675515987b12e5af6c619adfb21b42aabf93fa8e72c596dcbcf0192bd3d" 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 SB 331 (20212022) — Settlement and nondisparagement agreements. Existing law prohibits a settlement agreement from preventing the disclosure of factual information regarding specified acts related to a claim filed in a civil action or a complaint filed in an administrative action. These acts include sexual assault, as defined; sexual harassment, as defined; an act of workplace harassment or discrimination based on sex, failure to prevent such an act, or retaliation against a person for reporting such an act; and an act of harassment or discrimination based on sex by the owner of a housing accommodation, as defined, or retaliation against a person for reporting such an act. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33199INT) 2. **04/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33198AMD) 3. **06/09/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33197AMD) 4. **08/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33196AMD) 5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33194CHP) 6. **SB331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331) 7. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33195ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper - SB 331 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Reyes — **58–13** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB331 Leyva Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **8–3** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Leyva — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11. - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-11** Set for hearing March 23. - **2021-03-22** March 23 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 13. - **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 775.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-04-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3. - **2021-04-27** May 3 hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-04-27** Withdrawn from committee. - **2021-04-27** Ordered to second reading. - **2021-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1036.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-05-13** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-06-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-16** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-08-16** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 2515.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2214.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 638, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17b077bc-d3c3-4eea-80d2-cc8dc61158b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).