---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Auditor."
description: "Existing law requires the State Auditor to establish an affirmative action program that meets the criteria and objectives established by the State Personnel Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 539"
citation: "California AB 539 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Auditor."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38555ced-407d-49b0-a365-98b04f9c7e8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB539"
source_hash: "94d240ee283b409fbb8f2cb04798f7648f9e15e43096401367aeefee10afdc0d"
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 539 (20092010) — State Auditor.

Existing law requires the State Auditor to establish an affirmative action program that meets the criteria and objectives established by the State Personnel Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB539&version=20090AB53999INT)
2. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB539&version=20090AB53997CHP)
3. **AB539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB539)
4. **07/13/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB539&version=20090AB53998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #12 AB539 Monning — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 539 MONNING Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1468.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1666.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 115, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38555ced-407d-49b0-a365-98b04f9c7e8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).