BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT & RETIREMENT BILL NO: AB 1930 Gloria Negrete McLeod, Chair Hearing date: June 11, 2012 AB 1930 (Gorell) as amended 4/16/12 FISCAL: YES IMPROVE VETERANS' ACCESS TO STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM NOTICES HISTORY : Sponsor: Author Other legislation: SB 1563 (Cannella) 2012 Currently in Assembly Veteran Affairs Committee ASSEMBLY VOTES : PER & SS 6-0 4/26/12 Appropriations 17-0 5/09/12 Assembly Floor 75-0 5/17/12 SUMMARY : This bill requires the State Personnel Board (SPB) to notify the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) when any promotional examination for the establishment of an eligible list is announced or advertised. BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS : 1)Current law : a) grants oversight of the state civil service merit system, including exams and state hiring, to SPB. b) allows persons retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty, to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Glenn A. Miles Date: 5/25/12 Page 1 c) requires, in evaluating minimum qualifications, that related military experience be treated as state civil service experience in a class SPB deems comparable based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. d) authorizes Veterans Preference Points to be awarded in open and open non-promotional entrance examinations to eligible veterans and their spouses, widows, or widowers as specified. 1)This bill : a) requires SPB to notify CalVet when any promotional examination for the establishment of an eligible list is announced or advertised. FISCAL : According to the Assembly Appropriations committee, this bill will result in minor and absorbable costs. COMMENTS : 1)Argument in Support The author states that the bill would help CalVet provide information on state promotional exams to veterans, encourage veterans to use CalVet resources, and help veterans navigate the unfamiliar bureaucracy of civil service procedures. 2) OPPOSITION : None to date ##### Glenn A. Miles Date: 5/25/12 Page 2 Glenn A. Miles Date: 5/25/12 Page 3