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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1820
Author: Mullin (D)
Amended: 5/1/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOY. & RETIRE. COMM. : 5-0, 6/23/14
AYES: Torres, Walters, De Le�n, Gaines, Steinberg
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/19/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State employment: applications
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Human Resources
(CalHR) and other appointing powers to use electronic means of
communications with job applicants who file state employment
applications and examinations online.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Establishes the state civil service system, which requires a
hiring process that is to be based on merit ascertained by
competitive examination.
2.Establishes CalHR, which is the state's human resources
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department, providing oversight and guidance to state
departments and agencies with regard to state hiring
practices.
3.Requires every applicant for examination for state employment
to file an application with CalHR or an appointing power
designated by CalHR. Many examinations are available to be
taken online. In such cases, the examinations are filed
online via the CalHR Web site.
This bill:
1.Requires CalHR or the designated appointing power to do all of
the following when an application for examination was filed
online:
A. Provide CalHR's or the designated appointing power's
electronic communication address to the applicant;
B. Use electronic communication to contact the applicant
unless otherwise requested by the applicant; and
C. Inform the applicant that any notifications and his/her
score and rank on the examination will be provided using
electronic communication unless the applicant specifically
requests notification by postal mail.
1.Makes these requirements operative as of July 1, 2017.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/5/14)
AFSCME
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author:
AB 1820 will improve the delivery of employment inquiry
notifications and examination scores and ranks because
currently such transactions are sent by mail, with no
assurance that the information is actually received by the
applicant. This bill would allow the applicant to have this
information handled by email. If the applicant wishes to
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continue receiving this information by mail, they could
continue to do so.
This bill is environmentally and fiscally responsible as it
would reduce the need for paper copies of employment inquiry
notifications, examination scores and ranks, and reduce the
amount of tax-payer dollars departments spend on postage.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/19/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mansoor, Nazarian, Nestande, Vacancy
JL:k 8/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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