---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: memorandum of understanding."
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 95"
citation: "California SB 95 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employees: memorandum of understanding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2016-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7670ca62-be3b-47c5-b890-9436dc995a38"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB95"
source_hash: "27729f406361b68c2f2c35b199644b30dd32f3f0193b976d070804a5409316b2"
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 95 (20152016) — State employees: memorandum of understanding.

(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. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB95&version=20150SB9599INT)
2. **04/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB95&version=20150SB9598AMD)
3. **05/10/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB95&version=20150SB9596CHP)
4. **SB95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB95)
5. **04/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB95&version=20150SB9597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB95 Committee On B. & F.R. — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB95 Committee On B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 95 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** From committee: Ordered to second reading. `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 384.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** 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`
- **2016-04-21** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2016-04-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4503.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-04-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 3707.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-05-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 12, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7670ca62-be3b-47c5-b890-9436dc995a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).