---
type: "Bill"
title: "State public employment: memorandum of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 6: 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 852"
citation: "California SB 852 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State public employment: memorandum of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 6: approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb824d7e-7ff5-44f0-848f-270b7b823bed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB852"
source_hash: "cafc9ffe3a84e8d14dbd8efa242b729a4d80f7a1e25d7e46a160666ebcd0edd7"
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 852 (20172018) — State public employment: memorandum of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 6: 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. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB852&version=20170SB85299INT)
2. **06/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB852&version=20170SB85298AMD)
3. **06/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB852&version=20170SB85296CHP)
4. **SB852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB852)
5. **06/15/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB852&version=20170SB85297ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE SB852 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 852 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading — **73–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB852 B. & F.R. — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)
- **2018-04-30** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4922.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 5802.)
- **2018-06-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-06-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 5802.)
- **2018-06-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 5809.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-06-14** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2018-06-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4685.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb824d7e-7ff5-44f0-848f-270b7b823bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).