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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State public employment: memorandum of understanding: approval."
+description: "(1) 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: "20172018"
+identifier: "SB 131"
+citation: "California SB 131 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
+subjects: ["State public employment: memorandum of understanding: approval."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db812da2-b149-4821-b0ca-e334d4690622"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131"
+source_hash: "1adfaa522db39acb675aa364f145343965d037cc8f6ce645c0cf906956def939"
+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 SB 131 (20172018) — State public employment: memorandum of understanding: approval.
+
+(1) 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. **01/11/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13199INT)
+2. **04/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13198AMD)
+3. **04/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13196CHP)
+4. **SB131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131)
+5. **04/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13197ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **21–5** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading SB131 B. & F.R. — **28–12** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **11–5** (pass) · upper
+- SB 131 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **59–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 646.)
+- **2017-04-06** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-17** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 664.)
+- **2017-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 709.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-17** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2017-04-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 704.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-20** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1118.)
+- **2017-04-20** Read second time. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-20** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-20** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 1119.)
+- **2017-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 5.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 23.)
+- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2017-04-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
+- **2017-04-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2017.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db812da2-b149-4821-b0ca-e334d4690622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+