California AB2599: Slavery: corporate disclosures.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 1714.44 to the Civil Code, and to amend Section 2010 of the Public Contract Code, relating to slavery. slavery Slavery: corporate disclosures. Existing law requires every retail seller and manufacturer doing business in this state and having annual worldwide gross receipts that exceed $100,000,000 to disclose, as specified, its efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from its direct supply chain for tangible goods offered for sale…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to add Section 1714.44 to the Civil Code, and to amend Section 2010 of the Public Contract Code, relating to slavery. slavery Slavery: corporate disclosures. Existing law requires every retail seller and manufacturer doing business in this state and having annual worldwide gross receipts that exceed $100,000,000 to disclose, as specified, its efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from its direct supply chain for tangible goods offered for sale. Existing law also requires a person that submits a bid or proposal to, or otherwise proposes to enter into or renew a contract with, a state agency with respect to any contract in the amount of $100,000 or more to certify, under penalty of perjury, at the time the bid or proposal is submitted or the contract is renewed that they have complied with the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and that any policy that they have adopted against any sovereign nation or peoples recognized by the government of the United States is not used as a pretext for discrimination in violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act or the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require any business or enterprise that is doing business in the state that was in existence or …

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Sponsors

• Isaac Bryan (D, AD55) · primary sponsor
• Mia Bonta (D, AD18) · primary sponsor