Classified school employees: merit system: adoption and termination.
Existing law authorizes both the adoption and termination of a merit system in a school district or community college district by a majority vote of its classified employees or by a majority of the voting electors of the school district or community college district, as provided. Upon the filing of a petition for the adoption or for the termination of the merit system for classified employees of a school district or community college district, existing law requires the governing board of the district to perform specified activities in response, including, among others, devising an identification system to ensure against fraud in the balloting process and forming a tabulation committee.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 289
California AB 289 (20212022)
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Classified school employees: merit system: adoption and termination.
California AB 289 (20212022) — Classified school employees: merit system: adoption and termination.
Existing law authorizes both the adoption and termination of a merit system in a school district or community college district by a majority vote of its classified employees or by a majority of the voting electors of the school district or community college district, as provided. Upon the filing of a petition for the adoption or for the termination of the merit system for classified employees of a school district or community college district, existing law requires the governing board of the district to perform specified activities in response, including, among others, devising an identification system to ensure against fraud in the balloting process and forming a tabulation committee.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 289 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-01-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-01-22 From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
2021-01-28 Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2021-03-04 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
2021-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1401.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-27 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1802.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 88, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5477904-b920-496f-9aa0-6eab7c865411. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).