---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: applications."
description: "Existing law requires every applicant for examination for state employment to file an application with the Department of Human Resources or an appointing power designated by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1820"
citation: "California AB 1820 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employment: applications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5d877f1-7595-40af-932a-cf0e9cf58257"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820"
source_hash: "893b725c6ab43eaaac3d19b3a09aa5d7a5caddf362026060d55deb6abf1d2cf1"
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 1820 (20132014) — State employment: applications.

Existing law requires every applicant for examination for state employment to file an application with the Department of Human Resources or an appointing power designated by the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820&version=20130AB182099INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820&version=20130AB182098AMD)
3. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820&version=20130AB182097AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820&version=20130AB182095CHP)
5. **AB1820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820)
6. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1820&version=20130AB182096ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1820 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** From consent calendar.
- **2014-05-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4999.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4376.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5d877f1-7595-40af-932a-cf0e9cf58257`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).