republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1127.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whistleblower protection."
description: "Whistleblower protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1127"
citation: "California AB 1127 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Whistleblower protection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shirley Horton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f70a02-d044-4b71-85d3-0fca54803e6d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127"
source_hash: "2dea383e46c4eb41c1da31bafd55752243ccdaaa8474b502e6d7ba30a05f3b23"
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 1127 (20032004) — Whistleblower protection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127&version=20030AB112799INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127&version=20030AB112798AMD)
3. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127&version=20030AB112797AMD)
4. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127&version=20030AB112795CHP)
5. **AB1127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127)
6. **09/07/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1127&version=20030AB112796ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab1127 shirley hort by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1127 horton,s concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1127 horton,s consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab1127 shirley hort — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shirley Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m. (Corrected September 7. )
- **2004-08-25** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7685.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5198.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-06-28** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Held at Desk.
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4362.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4392.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/e8f70a02-d044-4b71-85d3-0fca54803e6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).