republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-647.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whistleblower protection: Reporting by Community College Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act."
description: "Whistleblower protection: Reporting by Community College Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 647"
citation: "California AB 647 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Whistleblower protection: Reporting by Community College Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/565fc848-0886-482e-b882-680ff040c30c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647"
source_hash: "4d632ee9a3a8a6272449b618425f8eab12faf22c38891ec376ab7df1f7f5f13e"
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 647 (20012002) — Whistleblower protection: Reporting by Community College Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act.

## 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=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64799INT)
2. **04/19/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64798AMD)
3. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64797AMD)
4. **06/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64796AMD)
5. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64795AMD)
6. **10/02/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64793CHP)
7. **AB647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647)
8. **08/31/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB647&version=20010AB64794ENR)

## Votes

- AB 647 Horton Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 647 Horton Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #28 AB647 Horton By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 416, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3340.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `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 77. Noes 0. Page 2314.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/565fc848-0886-482e-b882-680ff040c30c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).