California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that bans 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.

California's Legislature sent the bill to Newsom in September. The legislation was a direct result of KCRA 3's reporting on how California's government has either used NDAs or allowed special interest groups to use them on a major public project and state laws .

(Previous coverage in the video above.)

AB 1370 makes it a crime for California lawmakers to sign or force anyone to sign the secrecy agreements as they craft legislation. It would be enforced by local law enforcement and give prosecutors

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