BILL ANALYSIS �
SB 1563
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Date of Hearing: August 8, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 1563 (Cannella) - As Amended: August 6, 2012
Policy Committee: Veterans
AffairsVote: 9-0
Public Employees and Retirement 6-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill allows a veteran who has completed acceptable
training, as determined by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training (POST), in the U.S. Armed Forces as a
military peace officer, to receive an additional 15 points (out
of 100) upon obtaining a passing score on an open, entrance
examination for a peace officer position in state civil service.
FISCAL EFFECT
Absorbable special fund costs to POST to provide guidelines on
what constitutes acceptable training.
Negligible costs/savings to the extent state entities that hire
peace officers, such as the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR), CHP and Fish and Game opt to hire former
military police officers who may or may not be more qualified
than their non-military competition.
COMMENTS
1)Rationale. Sponsored and supported by a number of veterans'
groups, the intent of this bill is to provide veterans who
have received military police training a slight advantage in
state peace officer hiring. Currently veterans receive an
additional 10 points. Disabled veterans receive an additional
15 points. Thus this bill would provide veterans with military
police training an additional 5 points over the 10 they
already receive.
SB 1563
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According to the author, "Returning veterans are at a
disadvantage in finding employment upon return from their
military service, due to the fact that many have not been able
to receive training and experience in any civilian career
fields while they were away. Historically, much of the
training that service members receive while in military
service does not correlate with many civilian career fields.
Veterans often have years of work experience, but have no way
of putting it to use for themselves?. Military police training
does correlate to a civilian career field and this is an
excellent opportunity for veterans to utilize training that
they already received in order to gain employment."
2)Related Legislation . AB 2130 (Gorrell) authorizes POST to
evaluate military police officer training to determine whether
that training meets current POST training requirements. AB
2130 is pending in Senate Appropriations.
AB 1932 (Gorrell) requires healing arts boards to report to
the California Department of Veterans Affairs and to the
Legislature regarding methods of evaluating the education,
training, and experience obtained in military service, and
whether that education, training, and experience is applicable
to the board's requirements for licensure. AB 1932 has stalled
in the Senate.
Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081