The State Civil Service Act requires notice of any adverse action against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law to be served within 3 years after the cause for discipline, upon which the notice is based, first arose. That act provides that an adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records is valid if notice of the adverse action is served within 3 years after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification.
This bill would prohibit adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, falsification of records, harassment on specified bases, sexual assault, or a cause for discipline that is the subject of a criminal investigation or criminal prosecution for a felony, from being valid unless notice is served within 3 years after the discovery of the cause for discipline. The bill would also prohibit adverse action from being valid unless notice is served within one year after the discovery of the cause for discipline if the cause for discipline is not of those excepted bases specified in the previous sentence and it was discovered on or after January 1, 2020. The bill would also make other clarifying changes to that provision.

Statutes affected:
AB 1007: 19635 GOV
02/21/19 - Introduced: 19635 GOV
03/25/19 - Amended Assembly: 19635 GOV
05/16/19 - Amended Assembly: 19635 GOV
06/25/19 - Amended Senate: 19635 GOV
AB1007: 19635 GOV