--- type: "Bill" title: "State employees: memoranda 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: "20112012" identifier: "SB 151" citation: "California SB 151 (20112012)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["State employees: memoranda of understanding."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Correa"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2011-02-01" last_action: "2011-05-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ebb30f6-e164-4180-ac6d-d1e3c7e55dc1" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151" source_hash: "dd969ad37069c44e71e16261c07dab770a53b4251299e659b235af0174bf6dd6" 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 151 (20112012) — State employees: memoranda 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. **02/01/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15199INT) 2. **04/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15198AMD) 3. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15197AMD) 4. **05/16/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15195CHP) 5. **SB151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151) 6. **05/17/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15196ENR) ## Votes - SB 151 Correa Third Reading Urgency By FURUTANI — **54–18** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **27–13** (pass) · upper - Author's amendments. — **4–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Correa — primary (person) - Furutani — principal coauthor (person) - Negrete McLeod — principal coauthor (person) - Perea — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4. - **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11. - **2011-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 620.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2. - **2011-04-14** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2011-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-04-21** Set for hearing April 25. - **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 806.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-05-05** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee` - **2011-05-05** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 1226.) - **2011-05-05** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. - **2011-05-05** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice (Com. on APPR.) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1226.) - **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (May 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 1384.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2011-05-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2011-05-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-05-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 25, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ebb30f6-e164-4180-ac6d-d1e3c7e55dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).