republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1729.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil service examinations: veterans' preference."
description: "Under the State Civil Service Act, veterans of the Armed Forces who take an entrance examination for state employment are allowed extra points by virtue of their status as veterans. Existing law provides that if a member of the Armed Forces successfully passes a state civil service examination and becomes qualified for the veterans' preference within 6 months after the establishment of the employment list, he or she is entitled to receive the additional points at that time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1729"
citation: "California AB 1729 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil service examinations: veterans' preference."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/903578e6-1b39-4708-9250-d280da77c17a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729"
source_hash: "587e206e5799982f14b1238a434ca03bcb0aa02ea24aec5b03c859478652912e"
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 1729 (20092010) — Civil service examinations: veterans' preference.

Under the State Civil Service Act, veterans of the Armed Forces who take an entrance examination for state employment are allowed extra points by virtue of their status as veterans. Existing law provides that if a member of the Armed Forces successfully passes a state civil service examination and becomes qualified for the veterans' preference within 6 months after the establishment of the employment list, he or she is entitled to receive the additional points at that time.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729&version=20090AB172999INT)
2. **03/18/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729&version=20090AB172998AMD)
3. **06/21/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729&version=20090AB172997AMD)
4. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729&version=20090AB172995CHP)
5. **AB1729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729)
6. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1729&version=20090AB172996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1729 YAMADA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1729 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #30 AB1729 Yamada — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)
- Correa — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Coms. on P.E.,R. & S.S. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5052.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4409.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6155.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/903578e6-1b39-4708-9250-d280da77c17a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).