---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment."
description: "(1) 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: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1630"
citation: "California AB 1630 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3872d38b-791b-49ec-8e8e-d1caed6d2370"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630"
source_hash: "65e2b26718d2086363a318ff5a4ec5b6607df5d410630c0a731e2946df90247d"
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 1630 (20152016) — State employment.

(1) 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. **01/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630&version=20150AB163099INT)
2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630&version=20150AB163098AMD)
3. **08/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630&version=20150AB163097AMD)
4. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630&version=20150AB163095CHP)
5. **AB1630** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630)
6. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1630&version=20150AB163096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1630 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 2) AB1630 Committee on Budget By Leno — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- AB 1630 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **54–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2016-02-01** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-25** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4488.)
- **2016-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4585.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-30** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5510.)
- **2016-08-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 5548.)
- **2016-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 5579.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6562.)
- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 6562.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3872d38b-791b-49ec-8e8e-d1caed6d2370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).