---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil service."
description: "Civil service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3042"
citation: "California AB 3042 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-25"
last_action: "2008-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c9a6f8-f09b-4e7e-bf47-2da2083a5b0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042"
source_hash: "3326125f18d45bbdabb7542e4d85cbb7e444c706c7430b6ab9dee32bcaaa4dfc"
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 3042 (20072008) — Civil service.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042&version=20070AB304299INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042&version=20070AB304298AMD)
3. **05/20/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042&version=20070AB304297AMD)
4. **07/18/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042&version=20070AB304295CHP)
5. **AB3042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042)
6. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3042&version=20070AB304296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3042 P.E., R.& S.S. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By HERNANDEZ — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass 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. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3042 P.E., R.& S.S. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB3042 Committee on P.E.,R.& S.S.(Hernan — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** 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`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4936.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4461.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5934.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c9a6f8-f09b-4e7e-bf47-2da2083a5b0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).