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type: "Bill"
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title: "Settlement and nondisparagement agreements."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 331"
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citation: "California SB 331 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Settlement and nondisparagement agreements."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-02-08"
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last_action: "2021-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b077bc-d3c3-4eea-80d2-cc8dc61158b4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331"
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source_hash: "3efd3675515987b12e5af6c619adfb21b42aabf93fa8e72c596dcbcf0192bd3d"
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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 SB 331 (20212022) — Settlement and nondisparagement agreements.
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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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## 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. **02/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33199INT)
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2. **04/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33198AMD)
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3. **06/09/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33197AMD)
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4. **08/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33196AMD)
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5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33194CHP)
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6. **SB331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331)
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7. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB331&version=20210SB33195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper
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- SB 331 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Reyes — **58–13** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB331 Leyva Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leyva — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Set for hearing March 23.
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- **2021-03-22** March 23 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 13.
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- **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`
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- **2021-04-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
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- **2021-04-27** May 3 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2021-04-27** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2021-04-27** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2021-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1036.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-13** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2021-06-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-16** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 2515.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2214.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 638, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/17b077bc-d3c3-4eea-80d2-cc8dc61158b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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