republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1563.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil service examinations: veterans' preference."
description: "The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide preferences for veterans in civil service positions. Existing civil service law further requires that veterans be allowed preference points for civil service employment, as specified. Existing law provides that disabled veterans who become eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining the passing mark established for an entrance examination held on an open, nonpromotional basis are allowed 15 additional points. Other veterans are allowed 10 additional points."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1563"
citation: "California SB 1563 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil service examinations: veterans' preference."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/933f30d6-d60e-4b7c-b655-dd80f45e474d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1563"
source_hash: "caf166d9944d04699285534754e018d93a7020c8e72d71b362f50b500feff4fb"
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 1563 (20112012) — Civil service examinations: veterans' preference.

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide preferences for veterans in civil service positions. Existing civil service law further requires that veterans be allowed preference points for civil service employment, as specified. Existing law provides that disabled veterans who become eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining the passing mark established for an entrance examination held on an open, nonpromotional basis are allowed 15 additional points. Other veterans are allowed 10 additional points.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1563&version=20110SB156399INT)
2. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1563&version=20110SB156398AMD)
3. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1563&version=20110SB156396CHP)
4. **SB1563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1563)
5. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1563&version=20110SB156397ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1563 Cannella Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1563 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-13** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3208.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3427.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** 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 4630.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 768, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/933f30d6-d60e-4b7c-b655-dd80f45e474d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).