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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employer liability."
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description: "(1) Existing law prohibits an employer from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant has engaged in protected conduct, as specified. Existing law provides that an employee who made a bona fide complaint, and was consequently discharged or otherwise suffered an adverse action, is entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an employer to willfully refuse to reinstate or otherwise restore an employee who is determined by a specified procedure to be eligible for reinstatement. Existing law subjects a person who violates these provisions to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1509"
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citation: "California AB 1509 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Employer liability."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2015-03-04"
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last_action: "2015-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e047137a-99a8-4821-820a-e35b3616abbb"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509"
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source_hash: "8c7a5acf31323cc26f79c6dba3926568d98f0236a5442b0350459e37170d6af1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1509 (20152016) — Employer liability.
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(1) Existing law prohibits an employer from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant has engaged in protected conduct, as specified. Existing law provides that an employee who made a bona fide complaint, and was consequently discharged or otherwise suffered an adverse action, is entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an employer to willfully refuse to reinstate or otherwise restore an employee who is determined by a specified procedure to be eligible for reinstatement. Existing law subjects a person who violates these provisions to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **03/04/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509&version=20150AB150999INT)
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2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509&version=20150AB150998AMD)
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3. **04/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509&version=20150AB150997AMD)
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4. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509&version=20150AB150996AMD)
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5. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509&version=20150AB150994CHP)
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6. **AB1509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509)
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7. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1509&version=20150AB150995ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1509 Roger Hernández By Mendoza — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1509 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–25** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1509 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **54–26** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Roger Hernández — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-05** From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.
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- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 26. Page 1440.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-28** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2411.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2906.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 792, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e047137a-99a8-4821-820a-e35b3616abbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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