---
type: "Bill"
title: "State public employment: memorandum of understanding: approval."
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: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "California SB 131 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State public employment: memorandum of understanding: approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db812da2-b149-4821-b0ca-e334d4690622"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131"
source_hash: "1adfaa522db39acb675aa364f145343965d037cc8f6ce645c0cf906956def939"
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 131 (20172018) — State public employment: memorandum of understanding: approval.

(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. **01/11/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13199INT)
2. **04/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13198AMD)
3. **04/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13196CHP)
4. **SB131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131)
5. **04/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB131&version=20170SB13197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **21–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB131 B. & F.R. — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- SB 131 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **59–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 646.)
- **2017-04-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 664.)
- **2017-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 709.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-04-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 704.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1118.)
- **2017-04-20** Read second time. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 1119.)
- **2017-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 5.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 23.)
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2017-04-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db812da2-b149-4821-b0ca-e334d4690622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).