---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public school employees: merit system."
description: "Public school employees: merit system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 415"
citation: "California AB 415 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public school employees: merit system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnette"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-16"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a07c36-44b2-47a3-8b33-6083e4cf780a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB415"
source_hash: "cd4342d339ef4ad72f7c2279f6c5e6aea6dba0aeb987830cda8bbb78a7ce296b"
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 415 (20072008) — Public school employees: merit system.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB415&version=20070AB41599INT)
2. **06/09/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB415&version=20070AB41598AMD)
3. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB415&version=20070AB41596CHP)
4. **AB415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB415)
5. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB415&version=20070AB41597ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB415 Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 415 KARNETTE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 415 KARNETTE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **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.

- **2007-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 11. Page 1796.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4454.) `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.
- **2008-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6012.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a07c36-44b2-47a3-8b33-6083e4cf780a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).