---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: municipal districts: civil service exemptions."
description: "Under existing law, the general manager of a municipal utility district is required to adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, and discharge of employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 863"
citation: "California AB 863 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: municipal districts: civil service exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7afba6-774b-46fc-beaa-149ca641470b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB863"
source_hash: "9bc41033512e32b67b380cf84303948fa1e008c714ecb72bf7f2942eee9483ce"
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 863 (20092010) — Public utilities: municipal districts: civil service exemptions.

Under existing law, the general manager of a municipal utility district is required to adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, and discharge of employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB863&version=20090AB86399INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB863&version=20090AB86398AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB863&version=20090AB86396CHP)
4. **AB863** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB863)
5. **06/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB863&version=20090AB86397ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB863 Niello — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 863 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Niello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1558.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1427.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn from Governor.
- **2009-07-01** Ordered returned to enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b7afba6-774b-46fc-beaa-149ca641470b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).