California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2971 — Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup: community college districts.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 425, Statutes of 2024.

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on September 22, 2024.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic positions and to classify those employees and positions, and requires that they be known as the classified service. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Labor Commissioner, representatives of employee organizations, and representatives of voluntary local educational agencies to convene the Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup on or before December 31, 2024, as provided. Existing law defines, for the purposes of the above provision, "voluntary local educational agencies" to mean school districts, county offices of education, and special education local plan areas electing to participate in the workgroup. This bill would broaden the definition of "voluntary local educational agencies" to include community college districts. Existing law requires the above-mentioned workgroup to group classified assignments in a manner that reflects the environmental setting of the assignment, the type of work to be completed, the impact on the assignment made by enrollment at a schoolsite, specialized needs, including certifications or licenses, and other reasonable factors, as specified, and to recommend staffing ratios per grouping, as specified. Existing law requires the workgroup to report its recommendations to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2025, as specified. This bill would require the workgroup to group those classified assignments described above for both K–12 and community colleges. The bill would also require the workgroup to convene on or before July 31, 2025, rather than December 31, 2024, and report its recommendations to the Legislature on or before July 31, 2026, rather than December 31, 2025.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 425, Statutes of 2024.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 15).

  8. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 5319.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 8).

  15. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Read second time and amended.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23).

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  19. Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and HIGHER ED.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Maienschein · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Maienschein

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 121 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

3rd Reading AB2971 Maienschein By Cortese

Passed 31 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10100
Democratic 21100
Republican 0700
Total 31900
% of votes cast 78%23%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Roth — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Newman — Yea
Min — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Ashby, Angelique V. Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S. Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Menjivar, Caroline Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Rubio, Susan Democratic Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wahab, Aisha Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Nay
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Nay

Official roll call →

AB 2971 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading

Passed 60 Yea · 8 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 43004
Unaffiliated 15202
Republican 2606
Total 608012
% of votes cast 75%10%0%15%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Ting — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Wood — Yea
Low — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Not Voting
Vince Fong — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Addis, Dawn Democratic Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bains, Jasmeet Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Connolly, Damon Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Hart, Gregg Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
McKinnor, Tina Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting
Ortega, Liz Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Papan, Diane Democratic Yea
Pellerin, Gail Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Schiavo, Pilar Democratic Yea
Soria, Esmeralda Democratic Yea
Valencia, Avelino Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez Democratic Yea
Alanis, Juan Republican Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Nay
Dixon, Diane Republican Nay
Essayli, Bill Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Hoover, Josh Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay
Sanchez, Kate Republican Nay
Ta, Tri Republican Not Voting
Wallis, Greg Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 8000
Unaffiliated 3001
Republican 0201
Total 11202
% of votes cast 73%13%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Villapudua — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Hart, Gregg Democratic Yea
Pellerin, Gail Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Dixon, Diane Republican Nay
Sanchez, Kate Republican Nay
Ta, Tri Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 7 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6001
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 0102
Total 7103
% of votes cast 64%9%0%27%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Low — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Essayli, Bill Republican Nay
Ta, Tri Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

labor education
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2971 do?
Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic positions and to classify those employees and positions, and requires that they be known as the classified service. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Labor Commissioner, representatives of employee organizations, and representatives of voluntary local educational agencies to convene the Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup on or before December 31, 2024, as provided. Existing law defines, for the purposes of the above provision, "voluntary local educational agencies" to mean school districts, county offices of education, and special education local plan areas electing to participate in the workgroup. This bill would broaden the definition of "voluntary local educational agencies" to include community college districts. Existing law requires the above-mentioned workgroup to group classified assignments in a manner that reflects the environmental setting of the assignment, the type of work to be completed, the impact on the assignment made by enrollment at a schoolsite, specialized needs, including certifications or licenses, and other reasonable factors, as specified, and to recommend staffing ratios per grouping, as specified. Existing law requires the workgroup to report its recommendations to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2025, as specified. This bill would require the workgroup to group those classified assignments described above for both K–12 and community colleges. The bill would also require the workgroup to convene on or before July 31, 2025, rather than December 31, 2024, and report its recommendations to the Legislature on or before July 31, 2026, rather than December 31, 2025.
Who sponsors AB 2971?
AB 2971 is sponsored by Maienschein.
What is the current status of AB 2971?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2971?
Track AB 2971 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 2971

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 2971

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →