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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protected employee conduct."
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description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant engaged in protected conduct, as specified. Under existing law, an employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, retaliated against, subjected to adverse action, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of their employment because, among other things, the employee engaged in protected conduct, as specified, the employee shall be entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by those acts of the employer."
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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: "SB 497"
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citation: "California SB 497 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Protected employee conduct"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smallwood-Cuevas"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a74a6c0-4d59-4c86-939c-5a9621f63926"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB497"
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source_hash: "767c5fc33eccb9f95ef22351d17057da7c4544fbc2b57bd48a8507499b11fc42"
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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 497 (20232024) — Protected employee conduct.
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(1) Existing law prohibits a person from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant engaged in protected conduct, as specified. Under existing law, an employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, retaliated against, subjected to adverse action, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of their employment because, among other things, the employee engaged in protected conduct, as specified, the employee shall be entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by those acts of the employer.
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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. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB497&version=20230SB49799INT)
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2. **04/27/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB497&version=20230SB49798AMD)
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3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB497&version=20230SB49796CHP)
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4. **SB497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB497)
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5. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB497&version=20230SB49797ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (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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- 3rd Reading SB497 Smallwood-Cuevas — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
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- SB 497 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **52–17** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R., JUD., and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 12.
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- **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 712.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 893.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1172.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1346.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-15** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-15** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 3050.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 612, Statutes of 2023. `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/1a74a6c0-4d59-4c86-939c-5a9621f63926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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