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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts in restraint of trade: noncompete agreements."
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description: "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."
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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 1076"
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citation: "California AB 1076 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contracts in restraint of trade", "noncompete agreements"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2023-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cad825a-6e4c-40b3-8ed5-9f9a8e19bac4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076"
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source_hash: "5c0ac58b3282b6a20d1e86f7f88c6ab0156344b639e4b8fda6342c2bea3fc8ac"
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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 1076 (20232024) — Contracts in restraint of trade: noncompete agreements.
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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.
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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. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076&version=20230AB107699INT)
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2. **03/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076&version=20230AB107698AMD)
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3. **04/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076&version=20230AB107697AMD)
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4. **07/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076&version=20230AB107696AMD)
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5. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076&version=20230AB107694CHP)
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6. **AB1076** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076)
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7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1076&version=20230AB107695ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1076 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 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
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1076 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB1076 Bauer-Kahan By Durazo — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-09** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1892.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2687.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3445.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 828, Statutes of 2023. `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/8cad825a-6e4c-40b3-8ed5-9f9a8e19bac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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