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type: "Bill"
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title: "Privileged communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2770"
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citation: "California AB 2770 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Privileged communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf4dd220-632e-4f93-9166-21c50d1f786d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2770"
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source_hash: "252530752c5ab291d2e4f4886a9c2959025e835b1b5464cc5319034ce218eeea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2770 (20172018) — Privileged communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment.
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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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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2770&version=20170AB277099INT)
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2. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2770&version=20170AB277098AMD)
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3. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2770&version=20170AB277096CHP)
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4. **AB2770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2770)
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5. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2770&version=20170AB277097ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar AB2770 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2770 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Irwin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5042.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf4dd220-632e-4f93-9166-21c50d1f786d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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