---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: online platforms."
description: "Existing law regulates certain contracts for artistic employment between an unemancipated minor and third parties, including employment as an actor, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, stuntperson, voice-over artist, or other performer or entertainer, or sports participant. Existing law provides for the establishment of a trust for the purpose of preserving for the benefit of the minor 15% of the minor's gross earnings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 764"
citation: "California SB 764 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "online platforms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2024-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1ecc4e-4863-45c9-ba2b-d5356c9a646a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764"
source_hash: "e16a7ff9789cd2225f7937dfc81c25ac4fc6221f4e0deef33620d2defe05cce3"
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 764 (20232024) — Minors: online platforms.

Existing law regulates certain contracts for artistic employment between an unemancipated minor and third parties, including employment as an actor, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, stuntperson, voice-over artist, or other performer or entertainer, or sports participant. Existing law provides for the establishment of a trust for the purpose of preserving for the benefit of the minor 15% of the minor's gross earnings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76499INT)
2. **01/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76497AMD)
3. **01/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76496AMD)
4. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76498AMD)
5. **06/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76495AMD)
6. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76494AMD)
7. **09/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76492CHP)
8. **SB764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764)
9. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB764&version=20230SB76493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB764 Padilla et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 764 Padilla Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB764 Padilla et al. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-14** April 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Set for hearing January 11.
- **2024-01-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 2980.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2024-01-16** January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-01-17** Set for hearing January 18.
- **2024-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3012.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3051.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-13** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6518.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5629.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 611, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1ecc4e-4863-45c9-ba2b-d5356c9a646a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).