republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1308.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State human resources functions."
description: "The California Constitution establishes the State Personnel 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. Existing law establishes the Department of Personnel Administration for purposes of managing the nonmerit aspects of the state's personnel system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1308"
citation: "California SB 1308 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State human resources functions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employment and Retirement"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3167bea2-8a68-4814-a0e2-ad019ddc55d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1308"
source_hash: "ebd6dbe5ad64cd98e744407af6643f176f7cc3dfce75f9498e043cfe68fd8623"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1308 (20112012) — State human resources functions.

The California Constitution establishes the State Personnel 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. Existing law establishes the Department of Personnel Administration for purposes of managing the nonmerit aspects of the state's personnel system.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1308&version=20110SB130899INT)
2. **08/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1308&version=20110SB130898AMD)
3. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1308&version=20110SB130896CHP)
4. **SB1308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1308)
5. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1308&version=20110SB130897ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1308 P.E. & R. Senate Third Reading By FURUTANI — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1308 P.E. & R. Senate Third Reading By FURUTANI — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1308 Committee on P.E. & R. (Negrete M Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1308 Committee on P.E. & R. (Negrete M — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Employment and Retirement — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2012-03-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3022.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3127.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5526.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-07-02** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-07-02** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-09** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6050.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6172.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4851.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 665, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3167bea2-8a68-4814-a0e2-ad019ddc55d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).