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---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: under-represented groups."
description: "Existing law, the State Civil Services Act, requires each state agency to establish an equal opportunity plan which includes, at a minimum, identifying the areas of significant underutilization of specific groups based on race, ethnicity, and gender, within each department and job category level, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 316"
citation: "California AB 316 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: under-represented groups."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4544672e-1164-4020-b08a-128fb9ba78a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316"
source_hash: "ee0405ea864e01d6b6e7e86f73a33839c221d5691272b80460c1e48b07e43a30"
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 316 (20212022) — State employees: under-represented groups.
Existing law, the State Civil Services Act, requires each state agency to establish an equal opportunity plan which includes, at a minimum, identifying the areas of significant underutilization of specific groups based on race, ethnicity, and gender, within each department and job category level, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/25/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316&version=20210AB31699INT)
2. **03/04/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316&version=20210AB31698AMD)
3. **06/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316&version=20210AB31697AMD)
4. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316&version=20210AB31695CHP)
5. **AB316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB316&version=20210AB31696ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB316 Cooper By Rubio — **320** (pass) · upper
- AB 316 Cooper Assembly Third Reading — **770** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 316 Cooper Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1725.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-23** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-03** From special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-08** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Rubio.
- **2022-05-31** From inactive file.
- **2022-05-31** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4941.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6060.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4544672e-1164-4020-b08a-128fb9ba78a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).