California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 894 — Attorney General: directors and employees: exemption from civil service.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2019.

  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 20, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · 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.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Constitution exempts from state civil service various types of officers and employees, including officers elected by the people and a deputy and an employee selected by each of those officers. The California Constitution additionally authorizes the Attorney General, who is head of the Department of Justice, to appoint or employ 6 deputies or 6 employees who are exempt from state civil service. This bill would instead require the Governor, with the recommendation of the Attorney General, to appoint 2 directors and 2 associate directors of the Attorney General's office who would be exempt from state civil service. The bill would prohibit appointments to these exempt positions from resulting in any net increase in the expenditures of the Department of Justice.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2019.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 18. Page 3129.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2521.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 1819.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16).

  17. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Santiago

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 894 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 61 Yea · 18 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 391300
Democratic 22000
Republican 0500
Total 611800
% of votes cast 77%23%0%0%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Smith — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Fong — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Brough — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Diep — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al 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
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB894 Santiago et al. By Hill

Passed 29 Yea · 11 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19800
Democratic 10000
Republican 0300
Total 291100
% of votes cast 73%28%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Pan — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Borgeas — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Chang — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Nay
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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AB 894 Santiago Assembly Third Reading

Passed 59 Yea · 18 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 351003
Democratic 24100
Republican 0700
Total 591803
% of votes cast 74%23%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Smith — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Brough — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Diep — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Mayes — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al 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
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 13 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6100
Unaffiliated 7400
Total 13500
% of votes cast 72%28%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Brough — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Diep — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea

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Subjects

public-safety labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 894 do?
The California Constitution exempts from state civil service various types of officers and employees, including officers elected by the people and a deputy and an employee selected by each of those officers. The California Constitution additionally authorizes the Attorney General, who is head of the Department of Justice, to appoint or employ 6 deputies or 6 employees who are exempt from state civil service. This bill would instead require the Governor, with the recommendation of the Attorney General, to appoint 2 directors and 2 associate directors of the Attorney General's office who would be exempt from state civil service. The bill would prohibit appointments to these exempt positions from resulting in any net increase in the expenditures of the Department of Justice.
Who sponsors AB 894?
AB 894 is sponsored by Santiago and Cervantes, Sabrina (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 894?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2019. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 894?
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