California Business and Professions Code

§ 18101

BPC § 18101 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 7 · Part 5

Statute text

For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(a)“Freelance worker” means a person or organization composed of no more than one person, whether or not incorporated or employing a trade name, that is hired or retained as a bona fide independent contractor by a hiring party to provide professional services in exchange for an amount equal to or greater than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), either by itself or when aggregated with all contracts for services between the same hiring party and independent contractor during the immediately preceding 120 days.

(b)“Hiring party” means a person or organization in the State of California that retains a freelance worker to provide professional services, except any of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 870, Sec. 1. (SB 988) Effective January 1, 2025.