What is the current state of California Labor Code version of retaliation against an employee who reports to a government agency?

The relevant difference between the two versions relates to the timing of the employee's report to a government agency. Whereas now an employer violates the statute if it retaliates against an employee whom the employer merely believes has made a report to a government agency, courts interpreting the version in effect in 2012 concluded that liability was triggered for retaliatory actions taken only after the employee actually reported the employer. (See Rope v. Auto-Chlor System of Washington, Inc. (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 635, 649, 163 Cal.Rptr.3d 392, superseded by statute on another ground [finding Labor Code former section 1102.5, subdivision (b) did not cover " anticipatory or preemptive retaliation" taken before the employee reported the employer].)