republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1339.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School district employees: merit system: appointments."
description: "Existing law, until December 31, 2015, in a school district with a pupil population over 400,000, authorizes an appointment to specified classifications of positions, including, among others, information technology solution technician, to be made from other than the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list if one or more of specified criteria are required for successful job performance of the position to be filled, in which case the appointment is required to be made from among the highest 3 ranks of eligible candidates on the list who meet the special requirements and are ready and willing to accept the position. Existing law requires a school district that makes an appointment under this provision to study the effectiveness of the selection method, the vacancy rates for each class, and the length of time to hire for each class, and to submit a report of its findings to any affected labor union."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1339"
citation: "California AB 1339 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School district employees: merit system: appointments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea220af8-9810-4a2f-8154-3280042cb0cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1339"
source_hash: "95d933c3d7643d6863df8f2c72cd10cb54b0aeb06415b97f01eea0bcb428f265"
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 1339 (20152016) — School district employees: merit system: appointments.

Existing law, until December 31, 2015, in a school district with a pupil population over 400,000, authorizes an appointment to specified classifications of positions, including, among others, information technology solution technician, to be made from other than the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list if one or more of specified criteria are required for successful job performance of the position to be filled, in which case the appointment is required to be made from among the highest 3 ranks of eligible candidates on the list who meet the special requirements and are ready and willing to accept the position. Existing law requires a school district that makes an appointment under this provision to study the effectiveness of the selection method, the vacancy rates for each class, and the length of time to hire for each class, and to submit a report of its findings to any affected labor union.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1339&version=20150AB133999INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1339&version=20150AB133998AMD)
3. **09/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1339&version=20150AB133996CHP)
4. **AB1339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1339)
5. **08/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1339&version=20150AB133997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1339 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1565.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2116.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea220af8-9810-4a2f-8154-3280042cb0cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).