Under existing law, classified employees of school districts and community college districts subject to layoff as a result of the expiration of a specially funded program at the end of a school year are required to be given written notice on or before April 29 informing them of certain rights. Existing law also requires that notice be given not less than 45 days before the effective layoff date if the termination date of a specially funded program is other than June 30, or if classified employees are subject to layoff as a result of a bona fide reduction or elimination of a service performed by a department.
California AB 1908 (20112012) — Classified employees: notice of layoff.
Under existing law, classified employees of school districts and community college districts subject to layoff as a result of the expiration of a specially funded program at the end of a school year are required to be given written notice on or before April 29 informing them of certain rights. Existing law also requires that notice be given not less than 45 days before the effective layoff date if the termination date of a specially funded program is other than June 30, or if classified employees are subject to layoff as a result of a bona fide reduction or elimination of a service performed by a department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Alejo — primary (person)
Butler — principal coauthor (person)
Eng — coauthor (person)
Lara — coauthor (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
2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 22. Page 4559.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-07-02 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 4744.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 860, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/281f8390-64d6-4b5e-9160-d16fb4693798. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).