Reforming civil service to permit deferred action for childhood arrivals recipients to apply for civil service and incorporate civil service advantage for bilingual and multilingual applicants, applicants with higher education, and applicants with prior work experience in social services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 11, 2024
Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2024 · House Feb 27, 2024
How they voted
48–0
Passed
Total votes 48
Mar 5, 2024
D
Democratic28
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
16
Committee
11
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Governor signed.
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments.
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Minority; without recommendation.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
SGOV - Majority; do pass.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Minority; without recommendation.
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
upper
Jan 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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