republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-546.md

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Bill	Education employment: termination: hearing.	Existing law requires that, when a reduction in the number of certificated employees employed by a school district is authorized, the layoffs occur in order of employee seniority. Under existing law, when an employee is terminated due to a reduction in force pursuant to these provisions, the employee has the option to request a hearing to determine if there is cause for not reemploying him or her for the ensuing year. Existing law requires that this hearing be conducted in accordance with specified provisions of law. With respect to this hearing, existing law defines the "respondent" as any person against whom an accusation is filed pursuant to specified provisions of law. Additionally, existing law provides for a "notice of defense," which, when signed by or on behalf of the respondent and returned to the agency, will acknowledge service of the accusation and constitute a notice of defense under specified provisions of law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 546	California SB 546 (20132014)	bill	Education employment: termination: hearing.	enacted	Wright	5	19	5	2013-02-22	2013-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/1144d310-bb8a-4a4e-b443-cf0a2c343142	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB546	eecf5aa0f3e09114d6ab559519263cd46336f6ba66195d92b6a065048d04a4ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 546 (20132014) — Education employment: termination: hearing.

Existing law requires that, when a reduction in the number of certificated employees employed by a school district is authorized, the layoffs occur in order of employee seniority. Under existing law, when an employee is terminated due to a reduction in force pursuant to these provisions, the employee has the option to request a hearing to determine if there is cause for not reemploying him or her for the ensuing year. Existing law requires that this hearing be conducted in accordance with specified provisions of law. With respect to this hearing, existing law defines the "respondent" as any person against whom an accusation is filed pursuant to specified provisions of law. Additionally, existing law provides for a "notice of defense," which, when signed by or on behalf of the respondent and returned to the agency, will acknowledge service of the accusation and constitute a notice of defense under specified provisions of law.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/12/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB546 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/02/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 546 Wright Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB546 Wright Concurrence — 29–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wright — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2013-04-17 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2013-05-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 880.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 947.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2013-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-06-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2151.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-06-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-07-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1682.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2013-08-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-08-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1144d310-bb8a-4a4e-b443-cf0a2c343142. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).