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Bill	State agencies: interns and student assistants: hiring preference.	Existing law requires state agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, to give preference, as defined, to persons who are, or have been, dependent children in foster care. Existing law requires the preference to be granted to applicants up to 26 years of age.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1840	California AB 1840 (20152016)	bill	State agencies: interns and student assistants: hiring preference.	enacted	Gipson	7	25	7	2016-02-09	2016-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b7eec9f2-8a93-4fe7-9ced-2cc613c274ba	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1840	dbd3764d0b5c7c129c416d969d15716dc8307579494517e549dba5c51a076af6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1840 (20152016) — State agencies: interns and student assistants: hiring preference.

Existing law requires state agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, to give preference, as defined, to persons who are, or have been, dependent children in foster care. Existing law requires the preference to be granted to applicants up to 26 years of age.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/21/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1840 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 1840 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading — 55–18 (pass) · lower
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1840 Gipson By Mendoza — 27–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 1840 GIPSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2016-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-04-14 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 4861.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-15 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 4962.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 6185.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 404, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7eec9f2-8a93-4fe7-9ced-2cc613c274ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).