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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts against public policy: personal or professional services: digital replicas."
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description: "Existing law prohibits an employer from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition that is known by the employer to be illegal. Existing law provides that certain contractual agreements between an employer and employee are against public policy, including specified provisions affecting an employee's membership in a labor organization and the protection of state law in employment. Under existing law, enforcement of state labor laws is generally committed to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations under the direction of the Labor Commissioner."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 2602"
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citation: "California AB 2602 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contracts against public policy", "digital replicas", "personal or professional services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-02-14"
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last_action: "2024-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdbe7b68-1a21-4113-aa8a-567c9582e25c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602"
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source_hash: "3e18a1a3882d6b720afdcd7a2f3308a656ea43c959e433c97af7e7fceec27516"
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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 2602 (20232024) — Contracts against public policy: personal or professional services: digital replicas.
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Existing law prohibits an employer from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition that is known by the employer to be illegal. Existing law provides that certain contractual agreements between an employer and employee are against public policy, including specified provisions affecting an employee's membership in a labor organization and the protection of state law in employment. Under existing law, enforcement of state labor laws is generally committed to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations under the direction of the Labor Commissioner.
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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. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260299INT)
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2. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260298AMD)
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3. **04/15/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260297AMD)
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4. **04/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260296AMD)
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5. **06/10/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260295AMD)
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6. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260294AMD)
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7. **09/17/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260292CHP)
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8. **AB2602** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602)
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9. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2602&version=20230AB260293ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB2602 Kalra et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2602 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2602 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **62–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kalra — primary (person)
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- Bryan — author (person)
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- Friedman — author (person)
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- Haney — principal coauthor (person)
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- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
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- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-01** 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`
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- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5493.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-05** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2024-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 259, Statutes of 2024. `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/bdbe7b68-1a21-4113-aa8a-567c9582e25c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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