Breaking: On the eve of a hearing and vote for the FAIR Act, the California bill has been pulled with plans to move it forward as two bifurcated bills for actors & artists.
As it stands, the FAIR Act, also known as Assembly Bill 2926, would repeal a 1987 amendment to California’s “Seven-Year Statute” that allows record labels to sue artists for damages if they leave after seven years but before delivering the required number of albums in their contract. The Seven-Year Statute, which limits personal services contracts for state residents to seven years, was enacted in 1944 following the judgment in actress Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. Pictures.
The bill, introduced in its current form by Kalra in February, had passed through the Assembly’s Labor & Employment Committee on March 30 on a 4-2 vote. It was expected to have a tougher battle before the Arts committee. It’s built on a bill introduced by former Assemblymember in March 2021, but the bill was pulled when she left office to become head of the California Labor Federation.
The move runs counter to Kalra’s plan as stated during the March 30 hearing when he was asked by two members of the Labor committee about bifurcating the bill. “I would prefer not to [bifurcate it], because it really deals with the same issue when it comes down to it, which is creatives that are beholden to arcane rules that came about many decades ago,” he said.
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