republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-632.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care facilities: whistleblower protections."
description: "Health care facilities: whistleblower protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 632"
citation: "California AB 632 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care facilities: whistleblower protections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c32e43-0a0f-46f1-a53a-06df60d089da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632"
source_hash: "3c36051f995fcb0456e2bd9f7bda7c9c50214dd1521985c3ad275ca5e66bc051"
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 632 (20072008) — Health care facilities: whistleblower protections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63299INT)
2. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63298AMD)
3. **06/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63297AMD)
4. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63296AMD)
5. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63295AMD)
6. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63293CHP)
7. **AB632** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632)
8. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB632&version=20070AB63294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 632 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB632 Salas By Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 632 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1324.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2525.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3308.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2c32e43-0a0f-46f1-a53a-06df60d089da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).