AB 403 is sponsored by Dahle, Portantino, Baker, Berman, Marc (Democratic), Bigelow, Chiu, Gray, Acosta, Anderson, Bates, Brough, Bradford, Cannella, Cervantes, Sabrina (Democratic), Chau, Chen, Phillip (Republican), Choi, Steven S. (Republican), Chu, Chávez, Dodd, Flora, Heath (Republican), Friedman, Fuller, Galgiani, Gallagher, James (Republican), Harper, Hill, Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic), Kiley, Lackey, Tom (Republican), Levine, Leyva, Limón, Monique (Democratic), Maienschein, Mayes, McGuire, Mike (Democratic), Melendez, Mullin, Moorlach, Morrell, Muratsuchi, Al (Democratic), Nazarian, Nielsen, Quirk, Rodriguez, Roth, Steinorth, Ting, Nguyen, Stephanie (Democratic), Arambula, Joaquin (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Vidak, Voepel, Waldron, Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), Wilk, Wood, Bonta, Mia (Democratic), Patterson, Joe (Republican), Fong, Mike (Democratic), Mark Stone, Beth Gaines, Bill Berryhill, and Travis Allen.

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California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 12 D · 6 R cosponsors

AB 403 — Legislature: Legislative Employee Whistleblower Protection Act.

Last action February 05, 2018 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 2, Statutes of 2018.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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Current position in the legislative process.
65 sponsors

1 primary, 64 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (12 D · 6 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law generally protects employees who disclose illegal or improper workplace activities by prohibiting interference with, and retaliation for, making such disclosures. Existing law provides procedures for a person to file a complaint alleging violations of legislative ethics. Existing law also authorizes each house of the Legislature to adopt rules for its proceedings and to select committees necessary for the conduct of its business. This bill would impose criminal and civil liability on a Member of the Legislature or legislative employee, as defined, who interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, which is defined as a good faith allegation made by a legislative employee to specified entities that a Member of the Legislature or a legislative employee has engaged in, or will engage in, activity that may constitute a violation of law, including sexual harassment, or a violation of a legislative standard of conduct. The bill would also impose civil liability on an entity that interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, as specified. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Chaptered 02/05/18 - Chaptered Current pdf February 05, 2018
Enrolled 02/05/18 - Enrolled pdf February 05, 2018
Amended 01/29/18 - Amended Senate pdf January 29, 2018
Amended 01/23/18 - Amended Senate pdf January 23, 2018
Introduced 02/09/17 - Introduced pdf February 09, 2017
AB403 View text html

Action History

February 05, 2018
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 2, Statutes of 2018.
February 05, 2018
Approved by the Governor.
February 05, 2018
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
February 05, 2018
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3924.).
February 01, 2018
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
February 01, 2018
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3237.).
January 30, 2018
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
January 29, 2018
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
January 25, 2018
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
January 24, 2018
Ordered to second reading.
January 24, 2018
Withdrawn from committee.
January 23, 2018
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
January 03, 2018
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
January 03, 2018
Withdrawn from committee.
September 01, 2017
In committee: Held under submission.
June 26, 2017
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
June 13, 2017
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
May 24, 2017
Referred to Com. on JUD.
May 11, 2017
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 11, 2017
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1487.)
May 04, 2017
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
May 03, 2017
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3).
April 24, 2017
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 14, 2017
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
February 21, 2017
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and RLS.
February 10, 2017
From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
February 09, 2017
Read first time. To print.

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1 sponsors · 64 co-sponsors · 57 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Melendez

Not signed on (57)

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Votes

AB 403 MELENDEZ Concurrence - Urgency Added

February 05, 2018

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	54	0	0	2
Democratic	15	0	0	0
Republican	6	0	0	0
Total	75	0	0	2
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (77)

Member	Party	Vote
Acosta	—	Yea
Baker	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Not Voting
Thurmond	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Harper	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Chávez	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Steinorth	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Not Voting
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Travis Allen	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

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3rd Reading AB403 Melendez et al. By Bates Urgency Clause

February 01, 2018

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	33	0	0	2
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Anderson	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Not Voting
Newman	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Cannella	—	Yea
De León	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Not Voting
Hernandez	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Vidak	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea

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Placed on suspense file

June 26, 2017

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Beall	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

June 13, 2017

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Moorlach	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea

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AB 403 MELENDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day

May 11, 2017

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	56	0	0	1
Democratic	16	0	0	0
Republican	5	0	0	2
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Acosta	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Harper	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Not Voting
Rendon	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Dababneh	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher	—	Yea
Gomez	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Bocanegra	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Baker	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Chávez	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Steinorth	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Thurmond	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Travis Allen	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

May 03, 2017

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	1
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	16	0	0	1
% of votes cast	94%	0%	0%	6%

How each member voted (17)

Member	Party	Vote
Brough	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher	—	Yea
Bocanegra	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Gray	—	Not Voting
Chau	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 24, 2017

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	11	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Brough	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

March 14, 2017

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	9	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	11	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Kiley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights labor

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 403 do?: Existing law generally protects employees who disclose illegal or improper workplace activities by prohibiting interference with, and retaliation for, making such disclosures. Existing law provides procedures for a person to file a complaint alleging violations of legislative ethics. Existing law also authorizes each house of the Legislature to adopt rules for its proceedings and to select committees necessary for the conduct of its business. This bill would impose criminal and civil liability on a Member of the Legislature or legislative employee, as defined, who interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, which is defined as a good faith allegation made by a legislative employee to specified entities that a Member of the Legislature or a legislative employee has engaged in, or will engage in, activity that may constitute a violation of law, including sexual harassment, or a violation of a legislative standard of conduct. The bill would also impose civil liability on an entity that interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, as specified. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 403?: AB 403 is sponsored by Dahle, Portantino, Baker, Berman, Marc (Democratic), Bigelow, Chiu, Gray, Acosta, Anderson, Bates, Brough, Bradford, Cannella, Cervantes, Sabrina (Democratic), Chau, Chen, Phillip (Republican), Choi, Steven S. (Republican), Chu, Chávez, Dodd, Flora, Heath (Republican), Friedman, Fuller, Galgiani, Gallagher, James (Republican), Harper, Hill, Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic), Kiley, Lackey, Tom (Republican), Levine, Leyva, Limón, Monique (Democratic), Maienschein, Mayes, McGuire, Mike (Democratic), Melendez, Mullin, Moorlach, Morrell, Muratsuchi, Al (Democratic), Nazarian, Nielsen, Quirk, Rodriguez, Roth, Steinorth, Ting, Nguyen, Stephanie (Democratic), Arambula, Joaquin (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Vidak, Voepel, Waldron, Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), Wilk, Wood, Bonta, Mia (Democratic), Patterson, Joe (Republican), Fong, Mike (Democratic), Mark Stone, Beth Gaines, Bill Berryhill, and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AB 403?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 403
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2017-2018 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 09, 2017
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Melendez

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