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S00496Introduced in the Senate

Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.

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Introduced by Nathalia Fernandez, District 34

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.

Where it stands

SUBSTITUTED BY A618

February 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage · February 4, 2026

62

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

63 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Anthony Palumbo1Yes
Mario Mattera2Yes
Dean Murray3Yes
Monica Martinez4Yes
Steven Rhoads5Yes
Siela Bynoe6Yes
Jack Martins7Yes
Alexis Weik8Yes
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick9Yes
James Sanders10Yes

Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO LABOR

  2. 1ST REPORT CAL.252

  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. PASSED SENATE

  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. referred to labor

  8. died in assembly

  9. returned to senate

  10. REFERRED TO LABOR

  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.130

  12. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  13. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. SUBSTITUTED BY A618

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