Hannah-Beth Jackson
- Democratic
Author
The California Whistleblower Protection Act requires the State Auditor to administer the act and to investigate and report on improper governmental activities, as defined. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by certain entities within state government. Existing law establishes various grounds upon which these entities may take disciplinary action against a licensee to suspend or revoke a license. This bill would prohibit these licensing entities, except the State Bar of California, from taking disciplinary action, including suspension, loss of credential, registration, or other professional privilege, against a public employee, as defined to include those persons working in the environmental sciences and climate-change-related fields who are conducting scientific or technical research, in connection with actions taken by that person to report improper federal governmental activity or disclose the results of or information about scientific or technical research to the public by means that include, but are not limited to, publishing the information in a scientific or a public forum or sharing it with the media. Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to coordinate greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate change activity in state government. This bill would additionally require the Secretary for Environmental Protection to make every reasonable effort to preserve and make available to the public through its Internet Web site scientific information and other data that, in the secretary's opinion, are at risk of censorship or destruction by the federal government. This bill would include findings and declarations related to the measure, including that the purpose of these provisions is, to the maximum extent feasible under state law, to ensure those persons may report improper federal governmental activity and to continue to make scientific and other information open to the public without fear of losing their professional licenses or credentials.
Last day to consider Governor’s veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2504.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 13. Page 2970.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 30).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 1253.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1177.) (May 25).
Set for hearing May 25.
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 15.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 851.) (April 25).
Set for hearing April 25.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 622.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 5.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 488.) (March 27).
Set for hearing March 27.
Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D., EQ., and JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Withdrawn from committee.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB51 | HTML |
| 12/05/16 - Introduced | |
| 02/22/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/28/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/03/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/12/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/17 - Enrolled |
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