Labor Commissioner: whistleblower protections: model list of rights and responsibilities.
Existing law prohibits employers from making, adopting, or enforcing a policy that prevents an employee from disclosing violations of a state or federal statute, or a violation or noncompliance with a local, state, or federal regulation to, among others, a government or law enforcement agency, or from retaliating against an employee who makes a disclosure. Existing law requires an employer to prominently display a list of employees' rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws, as prescribed. Existing law creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations and vests the division with the general duty of enforcing labor laws. Existing law provides that the Labor Commissioner is the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
California AB 2299 (20232024) — Labor Commissioner: whistleblower protections: model list of rights and responsibilities.
Existing law prohibits employers from making, adopting, or enforcing a policy that prevents an employee from disclosing violations of a state or federal statute, or a violation or noncompliance with a local, state, or federal regulation to, among others, a government or law enforcement agency, or from retaliating against an employee who makes a disclosure. Existing law requires an employer to prominently display a list of employees' rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws, as prescribed. Existing law creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations and vests the division with the general duty of enforcing labor laws. Existing law provides that the Labor Commissioner is the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2299 Flora Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Flora — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2024-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4627.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 105, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06041a76-5305-4d27-b266-3955c9b655b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).