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.
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.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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2021-04-27 Withdrawn from committee.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; origin ocd-bill/17b077bc-d3c3-4eea-80d2-cc8dc61158b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).