republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-699.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts in restraint of trade."
description: "Existing law regulates business activities in order to maintain competition. 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 699"
citation: "California SB 699 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts in restraint of trade"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/552ae93c-e4a2-49d5-9553-79a7f1e46cb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699"
source_hash: "6eba3bb542f609b161303956c85c1adb1de805ab25449ff37e9129f59b9e84bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 699 (20232024) — Contracts in restraint of trade.

Existing law regulates business activities in order to maintain competition. 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699&version=20230SB69999INT)
2. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699&version=20230SB69998AMD)
3. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699&version=20230SB69997AMD)
4. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699&version=20230SB69996AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699&version=20230SB69994CHP)
6. **SB699** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699)
7. **08/17/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB699&version=20230SB69995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 699 Caballero Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caballero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 800.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1180.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1365.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2686.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 157, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/552ae93c-e4a2-49d5-9553-79a7f1e46cb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).