---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workplace protections."
description: "Workplace protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2195"
citation: "California AB 2195 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workplace protections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52ba6688-8d04-42f5-8f86-e828cb4119a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2195"
source_hash: "349a39b0a175d650f9aee3a5a0a2f0f323272c082468a4db2329586c257b6b57"
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 2195 (20012002) — Workplace protections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2195&version=20010AB219599INT)
2. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2195&version=20010AB219597CHP)
3. **AB2195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2195)
4. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2195&version=20010AB219598ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2195 Corbett By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2195 Corbett Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5353.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 6163.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/52ba6688-8d04-42f5-8f86-e828cb4119a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).