---
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: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "California SB 879 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employees: memoranda of understanding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-01-09"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6dd6631-a932-4d96-8aa1-290792c8557a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879"
source_hash: "ac9099ab702b4ef3f5c3398c2c66b421562cbc1e4fdea2719037c0142339ed92"
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 879 (20132014) — 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. **01/09/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879&version=20130SB87999INT)
2. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879&version=20130SB87998AMD)
3. **08/26/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879&version=20130SB87997AMD)
4. **08/27/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879&version=20130SB87996AMD)
5. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879&version=20130SB87994CHP)
6. **SB879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879)
7. **09/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB879&version=20130SB87995ENR)

## Votes

- SB 879 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **60–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–10** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 3 SB879 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB879 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-04-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 3137.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-11** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5975.)
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 10.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6341.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 6380.)
- **2014-08-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 9.) (August 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 6713.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-29** Senate Rule 29.4 suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 4999.)
- **2014-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4999.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 690, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6dd6631-a932-4d96-8aa1-290792c8557a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).