Government Code section 8547

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “California Whistleblower Protection Act.”

Source: Section 8547, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=8547. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_8547

Original Source: Section 8547, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=8547. (last accessed May 12, 2025).