---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: whistleblower hotlines."
description: "Local government: whistleblower hotlines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2001"
citation: "California AB 2001 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: whistleblower hotlines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de81eeb-053a-44ab-955c-d26cf019d129"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001"
source_hash: "a2037817a68e311c6a2644eff251517ea2b8a67667df9f17f8dcaab9724b483a"
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 2001 (20072008) — Local government: whistleblower hotlines.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200199INT)
2. **04/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200198AMD)
3. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200197AMD)
4. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200196AMD)
5. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200195AMD)
6. **09/26/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200193CHP)
7. **AB2001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001)
8. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2001&version=20070AB200194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2001 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2001 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2001 Swanson By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5038.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 8. Page 4778.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6235.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 325, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8de81eeb-053a-44ab-955c-d26cf019d129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).