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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retaliation actions: complaints: administrative review."
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description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from discharging or otherwise discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant engaged in specified protected conduct. Under existing law, an aggrieved employee or applicant is entitled to reinstatement or employment and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by acts of the employer in violation of this prohibition, and may file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (division) ."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 306"
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citation: "California SB 306 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Retaliation actions: complaints: administrative review."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-02-13"
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last_action: "2017-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4a6a7e6-eb01-4d67-8131-e6f75cb96059"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306"
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source_hash: "c15bfe5bfcd86e1fbb9f76067a5e184cd97807b848d73184cd3399a21e8bcad9"
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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 SB 306 (20172018) — Retaliation actions: complaints: administrative review.
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(1) Existing law prohibits a person from discharging or otherwise discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant engaged in specified protected conduct. Under existing law, an aggrieved employee or applicant is entitled to reinstatement or employment and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by acts of the employer in violation of this prohibition, and may file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (division) .
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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. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306&version=20170SB30699INT)
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2. **04/04/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306&version=20170SB30698AMD)
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3. **06/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306&version=20170SB30697AMD)
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4. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306&version=20170SB30696AMD)
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5. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306&version=20170SB30694CHP)
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6. **SB306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306)
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7. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB306&version=20170SB30695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB306 Hertzberg et al. Concurrence — **25–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
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- SB 306 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **45–29** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hertzberg — primary (person)
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- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
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- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-06** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 746.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-20** Set for hearing April 26.
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 854.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
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- **2017-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1268.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-12** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2017-09-01** Coauthors revised.
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 3205.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2840.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 460, Statutes of 2017.
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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/d4a6a7e6-eb01-4d67-8131-e6f75cb96059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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