CA AB1604

Requires the State Personnel Board to post notices of proposed regulatory changes for public comment and enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Human Resources regarding compliance audits and staff training.

Mandates the Department of Human Resources to establish best practices for designing, announcing, and administering civil service examinations to increase diversity in applicant pools and develop standards for statements of qualifications.

Requires examination announcements to include core competencies and the type of exam method, including standard statement of qualifications when applicable.

Eliminates the authority for departments to request reductions in annual upward mobility goals; instead requires departments to report progress by July 1 each year and explain failures to achieve goals and identify necessary requirements for future success.

Requires the Department of Human Resources to post all departments' upward mobility goals on its website by July 1, 2024, and submit annual progress reports to the Legislature by January 1 of each following year.