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Bill	Civil service: the Upward Mobility Act of 2022.	The California Constitution establishes the State Personnel Board (board) and requires the board to, among other things, enforce the civil service statutes, prescribe probationary periods and classifications, adopt rules authorized by statute, and review disciplinary actions. The Constitution also requires the executive officer of the board to administer the civil service statutes under the rules of the board. Under existing law, the board is authorized to conduct audits and investigations of the personnel practices of the Department of Human Resources and appointing authorities to ensure compliance with civil service policies, procedures, and statutes. Existing law exempts regulations of the board from the Administrative Procedure Act, except as specified. Existing law establishes the Department of Human Resources and provides that, subject to the requirements of the California Constitution, it succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the board as its designee with respect to the board's administrative and ministerial functions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1604	California AB 1604 (20212022)	bill	Civil service: the Upward Mobility Act of 2022.	enacted	Holden	8	28	9	2022-01-04	2022-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6ba9b4e2-0598-4a3a-9888-e1e9840baf07	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1604	86ef45f142713e092778701bcd20f3bb0eb44f463fc28e4e1e8c7b8029a0bf60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1604 (20212022) — Civil service: the Upward Mobility Act of 2022.

The California Constitution establishes the State Personnel Board (board) and requires the board to, among other things, enforce the civil service statutes, prescribe probationary periods and classifications, adopt rules authorized by statute, and review disciplinary actions. The Constitution also requires the executive officer of the board to administer the civil service statutes under the rules of the board. Under existing law, the board is authorized to conduct audits and investigations of the personnel practices of the Department of Human Resources and appointing authorities to ensure compliance with civil service policies, procedures, and statutes. Existing law exempts regulations of the board from the Administrative Procedure Act, except as specified. Existing law establishes the Department of Human Resources and provides that, subject to the requirements of the California Constitution, it succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the board as its designee with respect to the board's administrative and ministerial functions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/04/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/07/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1604 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1604 Holden By Kamlager — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–4 (pass) · upper
• AB 1604 Holden Assembly Third Reading — 57–11 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1604 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
• 2022-01-14 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2022-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 11.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5054.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 1.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ba9b4e2-0598-4a3a-9888-e1e9840baf07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).