---
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: "SB 848"
citation: "California SB 848 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41dbae47-4e15-4403-a683-cf72596691c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB848"
source_hash: "fdd3910b42a66ff341d03ac5b5ddba61adc40e3c0c5d97f61ebd099b2dcd149d"
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 848 (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=201520160SB848&version=20150SB84899INT)
2. **05/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB848&version=20150SB84898AMD)
3. **06/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB848&version=20150SB84897AMD)
4. **06/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB848&version=20150SB84895CHP)
5. **SB848** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB848)
6. **06/15/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB848&version=20150SB84896ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB848 Committee On B. & F.R. — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 848 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **64–15** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business Sup 1 SB848 Committee On B. & F.R.(Leno) Concurrence — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.
- **2016-01-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 3543.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5358.)
- **2016-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5358.)
- **2016-06-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 15. Page 5363.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 4340.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2016-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41dbae47-4e15-4403-a683-cf72596691c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).