---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employment Relations Board: final orders."
description: "Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and prescribes its powers, which include administering the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act, the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act. Existing law provides in this regard that the board may decide contested matters relating to the recognition, certification, or decertification of public employee organizations. Existing law permits a party to appeal a decision of an administrative law judge's decision regarding a matter within the board's jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 609"
citation: "California SB 609 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employment Relations Board: final orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09bd975f-b53d-4d35-bc9d-30ca9afb2a49"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB609"
source_hash: "5bce30671601e0a1a0010dce8ddbfd5a61e92d2a482f602e24fbe1d0092f0aa2"
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 609 (20112012) — Public Employment Relations Board: final orders.

Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and prescribes its powers, which include administering the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act, the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act. Existing law provides in this regard that the board may decide contested matters relating to the recognition, certification, or decertification of public employee organizations. Existing law permits a party to appeal a decision of an administrative law judge's decision regarding a matter within the board's jurisdiction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB609&version=20110SB60999INT)
2. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB609&version=20110SB60998AMD)
3. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB609&version=20110SB60996CHP)
4. **SB609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB609)
5. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB609&version=20110SB60997ENR)

## Votes

- SB 609 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By FURUTANI — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB609 Negrete McLeod — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** 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`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 621.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 846.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 958.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2391.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 242, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09bd975f-b53d-4d35-bc9d-30ca9afb2a49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).