---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: retaliation."
description: "Employment: retaliation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1015"
citation: "California AB 1015 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: retaliation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f296f8e1-f49d-48eb-9e36-b9b3ebe1d620"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015"
source_hash: "39d9fbe7cb6c67658f2cb214b6f7b1873bb2ff7bda6d384e227a7ca1d3f382d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1015 (20012002) — Employment: retaliation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101599INT)
2. **03/29/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101598AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101597AMD)
4. **06/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101596AMD)
5. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101595AMD)
6. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101594AMD)
7. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101593AMD)
8. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101591CHP)
9. **AB1015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015)
10. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1015&version=20010AB101592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1015 Wright By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1015 Wright Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1015 Wright Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Canciamilla — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 3764.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 2735.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-21** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 21. Page 1790.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f296f8e1-f49d-48eb-9e36-b9b3ebe1d620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).