SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

The California Legislature this week approved a bill that would ban state lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements when they decide how to use taxpayer dollars or create state laws.

Non-disclosure agreements are legally binding contracts that force people to keep information secret.

The California Assembly unanimously passed the measure in its final legislative vote Wednesday and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom to decide whether it becomes state law.

The legislation is a direct result of KCRA 3's reporting on how California's government has either used them or allowed special interest groups to use them on a major public project and state laws .

The bill, AB 1370, would make it a crime for California lawmakers to sign or force anyone to sign the secrecy a

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