Amended  IN  Assembly  April 10, 2024
Amended  IN  Assembly  March 18, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2872

Introduced by Assembly Member Calderon

February 15, 2024

An act to add Section 1879.2 to the Insurance 19827.6 to the Government Code, relating to insurance.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2872, as amended, Calderon. Department of Insurance: sworn members: compensation.
Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, regulates employment with the state and vests in the Department of Human Resources all powers, duties, and authorities necessary to operate the state civil service system in accordance with Article VII of the California Constitution, the Government Code, the merit principle, and applicable rules duly adopted by the State Personnel Board. Existing law requires the department to establish and adjust salary ranges for each class of position in the state civil service, as specified.
Existing law requires the state, in order to recruit and retain the highest qualified employees, to pay sworn members of the California Highway Patrol who are rank-and-file members of State Bargaining Unit 5 the estimated average total compensation for each corresponding rank for the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, San Diego Police Department, Oakland Police Department, and San Francisco Police Department, as specified.

Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to appoint supervisory and investigatory personnel within the Fraud Division of the Department of Insurance.

This bill would require, notwithstanding any other law, that sworn members of the Department of Insurance who are rank-and-file members of State Bargaining Unit 7 be paid the same compensation as is paid to the corresponding rank-and-file sworn peace officer employees of the Department of Justice.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 19827.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:

19827.6.
 Notwithstanding any other law, in order to recruit and retain the highest qualified employees, the state shall pay sworn members of the Department of Insurance who are rank-and-file members of State Bargaining Unit 7 compensation paid to the corresponding rank-and-file sworn peace officer employees of the Department of Justice.

SECTION 1.Section 1879.2 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:
1879.2.

Notwithstanding any other law, in order to recruit and retain the highest qualified employees, the state shall pay sworn members of the Department of Insurance who are rank-and-file members of State Bargaining Unit 7 compensation paid to the corresponding rank-and-file sworn peace officer employees of the Department of Justice.