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type: "Bill"
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title: "Whistleblower protection: state and local government procedures."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county auditor or controller to maintain a whistleblower hotline to receive calls from persons who have information regarding fraud, waste, or abuse by local government employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes the auditor or controller to refer calls received on the whistleblower hotline to the appropriate government authority for review and possible investigation. During the initial review of a call, existing law requires the auditor, controller, or other appropriate governmental agency to hold in confidence information disclosed through the whistleblower hotline, as specified. Upon receiving specific information that an employee or local government has engaged in an improper government activity, existing law authorizes a city or county auditor or controller to conduct an investigative audit of the matter, as specified. Existing law requires the identity of the individual or individuals reporting the improper government activity and the subject employee or employees to be kept confidential, except as specified. Existing law defines \"fraud, waste, or abuse\" to mean any activity by a local agency or employee that is undertaken in the performance of the employee's official duties, as described, that is in violation of any local, state, or federal law or regulation relating to, among other things, corruption."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 2455"
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citation: "California AB 2455 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Whistleblower protection", "state and local government procedures"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-02-13"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/accf65b7-80d7-4323-9d8a-75a2fc47b115"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455"
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source_hash: "f672d0d8b943a2a2b95e2be220e635f0070ac6eb6d30280c8ca41ec16e28b4d0"
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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 2455 (20232024) — Whistleblower protection: state and local government procedures.
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(1) Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county auditor or controller to maintain a whistleblower hotline to receive calls from persons who have information regarding fraud, waste, or abuse by local government employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes the auditor or controller to refer calls received on the whistleblower hotline to the appropriate government authority for review and possible investigation. During the initial review of a call, existing law requires the auditor, controller, or other appropriate governmental agency to hold in confidence information disclosed through the whistleblower hotline, as specified. Upon receiving specific information that an employee or local government has engaged in an improper government activity, existing law authorizes a city or county auditor or controller to conduct an investigative audit of the matter, as specified. Existing law requires the identity of the individual or individuals reporting the improper government activity and the subject employee or employees to be kept confidential, except as specified. Existing law defines "fraud, waste, or abuse" to mean any activity by a local agency or employee that is undertaken in the performance of the employee's official duties, as described, that is in violation of any local, state, or federal law or regulation relating to, among other things, corruption.
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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. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245599INT)
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2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245598AMD)
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3. **04/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245597AMD)
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4. **06/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245596AMD)
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5. **06/13/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245595AMD)
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6. **06/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245594AMD)
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7. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245593AMD)
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8. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245591CHP)
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9. **AB2455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455)
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10. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2455&version=20230AB245592ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Employment and Retirement] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2455 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent AB2455 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2455 Gabriel Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gabriel — primary (person)
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- Wilson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21** 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-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-04** 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-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-17** 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`
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- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5159.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-22** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 568, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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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/accf65b7-80d7-4323-9d8a-75a2fc47b115`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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