republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil service: rejected probationer: investigation."
description: "Existing law requires the service of a probationary period under specified circumstances, including when an employee enters the civil service. Under existing law, the probationer may be rejected by the appointing power during the probationary period for reasons relating to the probationer's qualifications, the good of the service, or failure to demonstrate merit, efficiency, fitness, and moral responsibility. Existing law requires the State Personnel Board to prescribe rules regarding the time in which a probationer may be rejected and take certain actions in an investigation of the reasons for that rejection. Existing law exempts employees of State Bargaining Unit 5, the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, from these rules and actions of the board, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "California SB 318 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil service: rejected probationer: investigation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2b3097-c99a-4d12-925a-2f8debc9bd32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB318"
source_hash: "c10dabfcde40861797c943926989ef746c48ca46f35ff8583b015c6220648968"
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 318 (20112012) — Civil service: rejected probationer: investigation.

Existing law requires the service of a probationary period under specified circumstances, including when an employee enters the civil service. Under existing law, the probationer may be rejected by the appointing power during the probationary period for reasons relating to the probationer's qualifications, the good of the service, or failure to demonstrate merit, efficiency, fitness, and moral responsibility. Existing law requires the State Personnel Board to prescribe rules regarding the time in which a probationer may be rejected and take certain actions in an investigation of the reasons for that rejection. Existing law exempts employees of State Bargaining Unit 5, the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, from these rules and actions of the board, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB318&version=20110SB31899INT)
2. **05/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB318&version=20110SB31898AMD)
3. **07/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB318&version=20110SB31896CHP)
4. **SB318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB318)
5. **06/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB318&version=20110SB31897ENR)

## Votes

- SB 318 De León Senate Third Reading By FURUTANI — **70–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB318 De León — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB318 De León — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Set for hearing March 21.
- **2011-03-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 416.) (March 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 479.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 1915.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-06-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1443.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 60, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2b3097-c99a-4d12-925a-2f8debc9bd32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).