republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1309.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human resources."
description: "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. Existing law established 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 1309"
citation: "California SB 1309 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7613f9e-34ae-4e24-b124-32cef214a1d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1309"
source_hash: "e293a682381d6fb5335eebdb78941908e6e937a01b2e0972d0fd8e353da11737"
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 1309 (20112012) — Human resources.

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. Existing law established 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=201120120SB1309&version=20110SB130999INT)
2. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1309&version=20110SB130998AMD)
3. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1309&version=20110SB130996CHP)
4. **SB1309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1309)
5. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1309&version=20110SB130997ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1309 Negrete McLeod Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1309 Negrete McLeod Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1309 Negrete McLeod — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3022.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3402.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5972.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4627.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 360, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7613f9e-34ae-4e24-b124-32cef214a1d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).