---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: local public agencies."
description: "Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: local public agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1156"
citation: "California AB 1156 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: local public agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08dbfb87-7e18-4a56-b240-32d299a8d5a7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156"
source_hash: "4586eaf39bfbd77cc63f6c501e079109730940caf5f67e398a6d088ca6410dfc"
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 1156 (20032004) — Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: local public agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156&version=20030AB115699INT)
2. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156&version=20030AB115698AMD)
3. **05/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156&version=20030AB115697AMD)
4. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156&version=20030AB115695CHP)
5. **AB1156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156)
6. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1156&version=20030AB115696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1156 nunez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1156 nunez by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 215, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 1960.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 1910.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 7.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 1). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1380.)
- **2003-04-23** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/08dbfb87-7e18-4a56-b240-32d299a8d5a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).