---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees: representation."
description: "Public employees: representation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1281"
citation: "California AB 1281 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees: representation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6766016d-9339-484d-8ee3-2e754d7804d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281"
source_hash: "e5e21c2d62959cca9bbc94bb06bacf55c82ccd66d07d30837ea0ed195ea94512"
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 1281 (20012002) — Public employees: representation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128199INT)
2. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128198AMD)
3. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128197AMD)
4. **06/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128196AMD)
5. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128195AMD)
6. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128193CHP)
7. **AB1281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281)
8. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1281&version=20010AB128194ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1281 Cedillo By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1281 Cedillo Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1281 Cedillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Koretz — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 790, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 3766.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 2752.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-28** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2001-07-20** To inactive file on motion of Senator Alarcon.
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 1549.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6766016d-9339-484d-8ee3-2e754d7804d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).