republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1102.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health facilities: whistleblower protections."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, as defined, by the department. Existing law prohibits a health facility from discriminating or retaliating against a patient, employee, member of the medical staff, or any other health care worker of the health facility because that person has presented a grievance, complaint, or report to the facility, as specified, or has initiated, participated, or cooperated in an investigation or administrative proceeding related to the quality of care, services, or conditions at the facility, as specified. Existing law makes a person who willfully violates those provisions guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $20,000 and makes a violation of those provisions subject to a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1102"
citation: "California AB 1102 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health facilities: whistleblower protections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2cda29-fb35-4256-bba5-abd6c47e64ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1102"
source_hash: "0eb427690db5e523ba4504926646d74e8a89d211c259395bcfd44bb3e5b1d5e3"
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 1102 (20172018) — Health facilities: whistleblower protections.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, as defined, by the department. Existing law prohibits a health facility from discriminating or retaliating against a patient, employee, member of the medical staff, or any other health care worker of the health facility because that person has presented a grievance, complaint, or report to the facility, as specified, or has initiated, participated, or cooperated in an investigation or administrative proceeding related to the quality of care, services, or conditions at the facility, as specified. Existing law makes a person who willfully violates those provisions guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $20,000 and makes a violation of those provisions subject to a civil penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1102&version=20170AB110299INT)
2. **04/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1102&version=20170AB110298AMD)
3. **09/25/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1102&version=20170AB110296CHP)
4. **AB1102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1102)
5. **09/05/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1102&version=20170AB110297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1102 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1102 Rodriguez By Jackson — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1718.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2332.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e2cda29-fb35-4256-bba5-abd6c47e64ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).