Ash Kalra
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 25
Author
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. This bill would provide that a provision in an agreement between an individual and any other person for the performance of personal or professional services is unenforceable only as it relates to a new performance, fixed on or after January 1, 2025, by a digital replica of the individual if the provision meets specified conditions relating to the use of a digital replica of the voice or likeness of an individual in lieu of the work of the individual. The bill would define "digital replica" to mean a computer-generated, highly realistic electronic representation that is readily identifiable as the voice or visual likeness of an individual that is embodied in a sound recording, image, audiovisual work, or transmission in which the actual individual either did not actually perform or appear, or the actual individual did perform or appear, but the fundamental character of the performance or appearance has been materially altered, except as prescribed.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 259, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.).
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5493.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 16).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
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.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and P. & C.P.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2602 | HTML |
| 02/14/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/25/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/10/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/17/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/01/24- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 04/21/24- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/06/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/18/24- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 06/28/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/02/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/18/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/25/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/28/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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