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Bill 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 SB 331 California SB 331 (20212022)
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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.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/08/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/09/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/16/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 10/07/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB331 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/01/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 82 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 298 (pass) · upper
  • SB 331 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Reyes — 5813 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB331 Leyva Concurrence — 308 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 51 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 83 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Leyva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
  • 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
  • 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
  • 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
  • 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).