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Bill	Whistleblower protection: county patients' rights advocates.	Existing law relating to whistleblower protection prohibits an employer, as defined, or any person acting on behalf of the employer, as defined, from, among other things, preventing an employee from, or retaliating against an employee for, providing information to, or testifying before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry, if the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of a law, regardless of whether disclosing the information is part of the employee's job duties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 333	California AB 333 (20192020)	bill	Whistleblower protection: county patients' rights advocates.	enacted	Eggman	7	25	9	2019-01-31	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/4629eb77-fa55-4cd9-b1ba-9917b6dd9a20	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB333	1bfc5f6049f11769396124d6f611f2646d0473183447aa4a558b1fdfdb9c7f8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 333 (20192020) — Whistleblower protection: county patients' rights advocates.

Existing law relating to whistleblower protection prohibits an employer, as defined, or any person acting on behalf of the employer, as defined, from, among other things, preventing an employee from, or retaliating against an employee for, providing information to, or testifying before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry, if the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of a law, regardless of whether disclosing the information is part of the employee's job duties.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/17/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/26/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB333 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB333 Eggman et al. — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 333 Eggman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–17 (pass) · lower
• AB 333 Eggman Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eggman — primary (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
• 2019-02-11 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1928.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2490.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 3239.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4629eb77-fa55-4cd9-b1ba-9917b6dd9a20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).