republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-372.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil service: veterans' preference in hiring."
description: "The State Civil Service Act contains various provisions providing for veterans' credits in relation to any open competitive entrance examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 372"
citation: "California AB 372 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil service: veterans' preference in hiring."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d65e88d5-114a-45af-81b2-6298717bb5ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372"
source_hash: "28dd46a483fa1530aa40bc5b767be4505a2c015a713a86bb6bcb1c60be38996f"
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 AB 372 (20132014) — Civil service: veterans' preference in hiring.

The State Civil Service Act contains various provisions providing for veterans' credits in relation to any open competitive entrance examination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372&version=20130AB37299INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372&version=20130AB37298AMD)
3. **04/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372&version=20130AB37297AMD)
4. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372&version=20130AB37295CHP)
5. **AB372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372)
6. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB372&version=20130AB37296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 372 EGGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1477.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d65e88d5-114a-45af-81b2-6298717bb5ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).