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AB-393 • 2026

Personal services contracts: state employees: physician and psychologist positions.

Personal services contracts: state employees: physician and psychologist positions.

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Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor
Connolly (A) , Addis
Last action
2026-01-22
Official status
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was vetoed by the governor, but there is no information on whether lawmakers will attempt to override this veto.

Rules for Hiring Doctors and Psychologists as Contractors

This law sets rules for state agencies when they want to hire doctors or psychologists through contracts instead of hiring them directly.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the State Department of State Hospitals to prepare a cost analysis comparing contractors with regular employees before hiring doctors or psychologists as contractors.
  • Needs these departments to submit annual reports about their use of contractors and regular employees to certain groups in the government.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • The State Department of State Hospitals

Terms To Know

Personal services contract
A type of agreement where someone is hired to do a specific job for the government, but they are not a regular employee.
State Bargaining Unit 16 (BU-16)
This refers to doctors who work in state hospitals and prisons as part of their union.
State Bargaining Unit 19 (BU-19)
This refers to psychologists who work in state hospitals and prisons as part of their union.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was vetoed by the governor, but it's not clear if lawmakers will try to override this veto.
  • It does not specify how much money these departments must spend on regular employees instead of contractors.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-22 California Legislative Information

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Vetoed by Governor.

  4. 2025-09-16 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  5. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 3105.).

  6. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2625.).

  8. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

  12. 2025-06-30 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-06-19 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. 2025-06-18 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18).

  15. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  16. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 7. Page 1900.)

  18. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  20. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

  21. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  22. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  23. 2025-03-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. 2025-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

  25. 2025-02-04 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.

  26. 2025-02-03 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 393, Connolly.
Personal services contracts: state employees: physician and psychologist positions.
Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, regulates employment with the state and vests in the Department of Human Resources all powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system. Existing law establishes standards for the use of personal services contracts by state agencies. Existing law permits personal services contracting to achieve cost savings when specified conditions are met, including that the contract does not cause the displacement of civil service employees.
Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in state government, with jurisdiction over persons committed to the state prison. Existing law also establishes the State Department of State Hospitals within the California Health and Human Services Agency, with jurisdiction over specified
facilities for the treatment of persons with mental health disorders.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the State Department of State Hospitals, before entering into a personal services contract to have a contractor fill a budgeted State Bargaining Unit 16 (BU-16) physician position or a State Bargaining Unit 19 (BU-19) psychologist position, to take specified actions. Among others, these actions would include preparing an analysis comparing the hourly cost of a contractor to a civil service BU-16 physician or BU-19 psychologist. The bill would require these departments to submit an annual report detailing certain information about contractors and civil service physicians and psychologists to BU-16, BU-19, and specified legislative committees.

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