Privileged communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment.
Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified. Existing law makes certain publications and communications privileged and therefore protected from civil action, including certain communications concerning the job performance or qualifications of an applicant for employment that are made without malice by a current or former employer to a prospective employer. Existing law authorizes an employer to answer whether or not the employer would rehire an employee.
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AB 2770
California AB 2770 (20172018)
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Privileged communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment.
California AB 2770 (20172018) — Privileged communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment.
Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified. Existing law makes certain publications and communications privileged and therefore protected from civil action, including certain communications concerning the job performance or qualifications of an applicant for employment that are made without malice by a current or former employer to a prospective employer. Existing law authorizes an employer to answer whether or not the employer would rehire an employee.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2770 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Irwin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5042.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf4dd220-632e-4f93-9166-21c50d1f786d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).