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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State employees: memorandum of understanding."
+description: "Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 478"
+citation: "California AB 478 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
+subjects: ["State employees: memorandum of understanding."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2013-02-19"
+last_action: "2013-09-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9c89c93-56ad-43c1-91dd-d0f1d6e7ea39"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478"
+source_hash: "b90eace4d7b6adc32403dbdbb27bece62ef3e4622deefef813c5a40074747668"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 478 (20132014) — State employees: memorandum of understanding.
+
+Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478&version=20130AB47899INT)
+2. **08/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478&version=20130AB47898AMD)
+3. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478&version=20130AB47897AMD)
+4. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478&version=20130AB47895CHP)
+5. **AB478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478)
+6. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478&version=20130AB47896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- AB 478 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **53–21** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- amendments be concurred in. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+- AB 478 GOMEZ Concurrence - Urgency Added — **69–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Supp 1 AB478 Gomez By Beall — **32–5** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Supp 1 AB478 Gomez Set 1 Lay on Table — **27–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gomez — primary (person)
+- Bonta — coauthor (person)
+- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
+- Rendon — author (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 1790.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-08-30** Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 2044.)
+- **2013-09-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-09-03** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 2118.)
+- **2013-09-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2013-09-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (September 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2013-09-06** Senate Rule 29.4 suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2185.)
+- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2186.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2013-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3032.)
+- **2013-09-10** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 10). `committee-passage`
+- **2013-09-11** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 3198.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 391, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9c89c93-56ad-43c1-91dd-d0f1d6e7ea39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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