---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: probation."
description: "State employment: probation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1950"
citation: "California AB 1950 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employment: probation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e926e2e2-ffb4-46a1-833a-e0be66a9e077"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950"
source_hash: "8567529cb433b969d493237b2b0e41342df2d95704cd9b3defd770002af11345"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1950 (20012002) — State employment: probation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950&version=20010AB195099INT)
2. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950&version=20010AB195098AMD)
3. **04/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950&version=20010AB195097AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950&version=20010AB195095CHP)
5. **AB1950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950)
6. **08/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1950&version=20010AB195096ENR)

## Votes

- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security with the recom — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1950 Wright Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1950 Wright By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 236, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5307.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6169.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e926e2e2-ffb4-46a1-833a-e0be66a9e077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).