---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified school employees."
description: "Classified school employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1242"
citation: "California AB 1242 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified school employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnette"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0003e7e-b6e9-4575-ae45-14ea17dc02c3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242"
source_hash: "e68139089161cb489e6fe52f7adeea1d79908ea52c3dbe3090f5f38c2a0a536b"
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 1242 (20072008) — Classified school employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242&version=20070AB124299INT)
2. **03/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242&version=20070AB124298AMD)
3. **04/25/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242&version=20070AB124297AMD)
4. **05/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242&version=20070AB124296AMD)
5. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242&version=20070AB124294CHP)
6. **AB1242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242)
7. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1242&version=20070AB124295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1242 Karnette By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1242 KARNETTE Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karnette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-18** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 2172.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 694, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0003e7e-b6e9-4575-ae45-14ea17dc02c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).