---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: artistic employment."
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 Coogan Trust Account, as specified, for the purpose of preserving for the benefit of the minor 15% of the minor's gross earnings or a greater percentage, if requested by the minor's parent or guardian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1880"
citation: "California AB 1880 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "artistic employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alanis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ae1312-90d4-47f5-bfa6-c37900ed062e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880"
source_hash: "676e84f354d4c0dda06f0530e5c24a10b853d65bfbbc08261090863b936d76ea"
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 1880 (20232024) — Minors: artistic employment.

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 Coogan Trust Account, as specified, for the purpose of preserving for the benefit of the minor 15% of the minor's gross earnings or a greater percentage, if requested by the minor's parent or guardian.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880&version=20230AB188099INT)
2. **05/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880&version=20230AB188098AMD)
3. **06/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880&version=20230AB188097AMD)
4. **09/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880&version=20230AB188095CHP)
5. **AB1880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880)
6. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1880&version=20230AB188096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1880 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1880 Alanis et al. By Rubio — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1880 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alanis — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4399.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-10** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-06-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5201.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6422.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, 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/e8ae1312-90d4-47f5-bfa6-c37900ed062e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).