---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil service examinations: announcement."
description: "The State Civil Service Act requires that eligible lists for state civil service positions be established as a result of free competitive examinations open to persons who lawfully may be appointed and who meet the minimum qualifications. The act requires the State Personnel Board or a designated appointing power to advertise examinations for the establishment of eligible lists within a reasonable time before the scheduled date of the exam."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1930"
citation: "California AB 1930 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil service examinations: announcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gorell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0f47e38-e7ae-4559-964e-9c6de2484b51"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1930"
source_hash: "9937a564334f9d8ab891757722fe7f7890975b1bc07be7ff8e753ca87d9cdfa9"
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 1930 (20112012) — Civil service examinations: announcement.

The State Civil Service Act requires that eligible lists for state civil service positions be established as a result of free competitive examinations open to persons who lawfully may be appointed and who meet the minimum qualifications. The act requires the State Personnel Board or a designated appointing power to advertise examinations for the establishment of eligible lists within a reasonable time before the scheduled date of the exam.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1930&version=20110AB193099INT)
2. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1930&version=20110AB193098AMD)
3. **07/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1930&version=20110AB193096CHP)
4. **AB1930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1930)
5. **07/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1930&version=20110AB193097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1930 GORELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gorell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4889.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4182.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0f47e38-e7ae-4559-964e-9c6de2484b51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).