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Bill Attorney General: directors and employees: exemption from civil service. The California Constitution exempts from state civil service various types of officers and employees, including officers elected by the people and a deputy and an employee selected by each of those officers. The California Constitution additionally authorizes the Attorney General, who is head of the Department of Justice, to appoint or employ 6 deputies or 6 employees who are exempt from state civil service. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 AB 894 California AB 894 (20192020)
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California AB 894 (20192020) — Attorney General: directors and employees: exemption from civil service.

The California Constitution exempts from state civil service various types of officers and employees, including officers elected by the people and a deputy and an employee selected by each of those officers. The California Constitution additionally authorizes the Attorney General, who is head of the Department of Justice, to appoint or employ 6 deputies or 6 employees who are exempt from state civil service.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/20/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/20/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB894 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/11/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 894 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — 5918 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 52 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB894 Santiago et al. By Hill — 2911 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 52 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 135 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 894 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 6118 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Santiago — primary (person)
  • Cervantes — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2019-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
  • 2019-03-04 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 1819.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-07-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2521.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 18. Page 3129.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c3585d4-092b-49fc-a2a6-2b096f145df1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).