California Business and Professions Code

§ 9998.1

BPC § 9998.1 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Ch. 21.5

Statute text

The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:

(a)“Person” includes any natural person, company, firm, partnership or joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, or sole proprietorship.

(b)“Foreign labor contracting activity” means recruiting or soliciting for compensation a foreign worker who resides outside of the United States in furtherance of that worker’s employment in California, including when that activity occurs wholly outside the United States. “Foreign labor contracting activity” does not include the services of an employer, or employee of an employer, if those services are provided directly to foreign workers solely to find workers for the employer’s own use.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 190, Sec. 4. (AB 1362) Effective January 1, 2026.