---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: Workplace language policies."
description: "Employment: Workplace language policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 800"
citation: "California AB 800 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: Workplace language policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ccf5fab-c818-4b07-9d5c-3e01cf2b5b12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800"
source_hash: "b66bb0ff42e30b4352c93fea2a2c2ae85e6759db86abd9c54ea9f4e66baae010"
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 800 (20012002) — Employment: Workplace language policies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800&version=20010AB80099INT)
2. **05/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800&version=20010AB80098AMD)
3. **07/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800&version=20010AB80097AMD)
4. **09/12/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800&version=20010AB80095CHP)
5. **AB800** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800)
6. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB800&version=20010AB80096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB800 Wesson Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 800 Wesson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 800 Wesson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chan — principal coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 295, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 3297.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 2439.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Judiciary).
- **2001-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 2325.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-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`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ccf5fab-c818-4b07-9d5c-3e01cf2b5b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).