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Bill	Contracts in restraint of trade: noncompete agreements.	Existing law voids contractual provisions by which a person is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind, except as otherwise provided. Existing case law, as established in the case of Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th 937, interprets this provision to void noncompete agreements in an employment context and noncompete clauses within employment contracts, even if that agreement is narrowly tailored, unless an exception applies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1076	California AB 1076 (20232024)	bill	Contracts in restraint of trade noncompete agreements	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	7	27	8	2023-02-15	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8cad825a-6e4c-40b3-8ed5-9f9a8e19bac4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076	5c0ac58b3282b6a20d1e86f7f88c6ab0156344b639e4b8fda6342c2bea3fc8ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1076 (20232024) — Contracts in restraint of trade: noncompete agreements.

Existing law voids contractual provisions by which a person is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind, except as otherwise provided. Existing case law, as established in the case of Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th 937, interprets this provision to void noncompete agreements in an employment context and noncompete clauses within employment contracts, even if that agreement is narrowly tailored, unless an exception applies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1076 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1076 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1076 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB1076 Bauer-Kahan By Durazo — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-03-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1892.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2687.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3445.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 828, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cad825a-6e4c-40b3-8ed5-9f9a8e19bac4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).