California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 372 — Civil service: veterans' preference in hiring.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2013.

  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 14, 2013. Enacted.

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 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The State Civil Service Act contains various provisions providing for veterans' credits in relation to any open competitive entrance examination. Existing law requires that veterans, widows or widowers of veterans, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans, who become eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining a passing mark, be allowed specified additional credits. Existing law provides that veterans who become eligible by attaining a passing mark are required to be classified ahead of all nonveterans with respect to entrance examinations to establish eligible lists for policemen and watchmen. Existing law also authorizes general or individual preference in ratings to veterans who have suffered permanent disability in the line of duty subject to certain requirements. Existing law requires credit to be added to the percentage attained in the examination by the veteran, widow or widower, requires the name of each to be placed on the eligible list after the credit has been added, and requires ties to be decided in favor of veterans and widows or widowers of veterans. Under existing law, for any entrance examination held to fill a vacancy, a veteran who becomes eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining the passing mark is required to receive certain credits. This bill would delete the credit provisions and would revise and recast the provisions governing veterans' preference. The bill would instead provide that whenever any veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100% disabled veteran achieves a passing score on an entrance examination, he or she is required to be ranked in the top rank of the resulting eligibility list, except if the veteran was dishonorably discharged or released. For purposes of allowing preference points to veterans for civil service entrance examinations, existing law defines an entrance examination to include any open competitive examination other than one for a class having a requirement of both college graduation and 2 or more years of experience. This bill would delete the provision that excludes those examinations for a class having a requirement of both college graduation and 2 or more years of experience from the definition of an entrance examination for purposes of allowing preference points for veterans, as specified. Existing law requires the request for and proof of eligibility for veterans' preference credits to be submitted by the veteran to the department conducting the employment examination. This bill would authorize that eligibility to be submitted to the designated appointing authority conducting the employment examination. The bill would make findings and declarations in this regard. The bill would also make other technical and conforming changes.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1606.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  7. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

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

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1477.)

  12. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8).

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S.

  16. Read second time and amended.

  17. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on V.A.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended.

  20. Referred to Coms. on V.A. and P.E.,R. & S.S.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Eggman · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Eggman

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31004
Democratic 2001
Total 33005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Lara — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
De León — Yea
Torres — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hill — Yea
Knight — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wright — Yea
Leno — Not Voting
Emmerson — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Evans — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting

Official roll call →

AB 372 EGGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 70 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 61007
Democratic 6001
Republican 3001
Total 70009
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Blumenfield — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Logue — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Nestande — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Linder — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Torres — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Mullin — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Stone — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Fox — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Linder — Yea
Campos — Yea
Hall — Yea
Weber — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 9001
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Brown — Yea
Salas — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Fox — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights veterans labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 372 do?
The State Civil Service Act contains various provisions providing for veterans' credits in relation to any open competitive entrance examination. Existing law requires that veterans, widows or widowers of veterans, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans, who become eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining a passing mark, be allowed specified additional credits. Existing law provides that veterans who become eligible by attaining a passing mark are required to be classified ahead of all nonveterans with respect to entrance examinations to establish eligible lists for policemen and watchmen. Existing law also authorizes general or individual preference in ratings to veterans who have suffered permanent disability in the line of duty subject to certain requirements. Existing law requires credit to be added to the percentage attained in the examination by the veteran, widow or widower, requires the name of each to be placed on the eligible list after the credit has been added, and requires ties to be decided in favor of veterans and widows or widowers of veterans. Under existing law, for any entrance examination held to fill a vacancy, a veteran who becomes eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining the passing mark is required to receive certain credits. This bill would delete the credit provisions and would revise and recast the provisions governing veterans' preference. The bill would instead provide that whenever any veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100% disabled veteran achieves a passing score on an entrance examination, he or she is required to be ranked in the top rank of the resulting eligibility list, except if the veteran was dishonorably discharged or released. For purposes of allowing preference points to veterans for civil service entrance examinations, existing law defines an entrance examination to include any open competitive examination other than one for a class having a requirement of both college graduation and 2 or more years of experience. This bill would delete the provision that excludes those examinations for a class having a requirement of both college graduation and 2 or more years of experience from the definition of an entrance examination for purposes of allowing preference points for veterans, as specified. Existing law requires the request for and proof of eligibility for veterans' preference credits to be submitted by the veteran to the department conducting the employment examination. This bill would authorize that eligibility to be submitted to the designated appointing authority conducting the employment examination. The bill would make findings and declarations in this regard. The bill would also make other technical and conforming changes.
Who sponsors AB 372?
AB 372 is sponsored by Eggman.
What is the current status of AB 372?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2013. Enacted.
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