---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: State Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21."
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: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 118"
citation: "California AB 118 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employment: State Bargaining Units 1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "7", "11", "13", "14", "15", "17", "20", "and 21."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61ca24c7-8047-4c80-9cd1-db3e0ea2dee4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118"
source_hash: "f461ce37141ce4f62d5590dd421b284f7dbb44407151b6aa403cc164251d6869"
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 118 (20192020) — State employment: State Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21.

(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. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118&version=20190AB11899INT)
2. **08/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118&version=20190AB11898AMD)
3. **09/03/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118&version=20190AB11897AMD)
4. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118&version=20190AB11896AMD)
5. **10/13/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118&version=20190AB11894CHP)
6. **AB118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118)
7. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB118&version=20190AB11895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 118 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **54–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB118 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 118 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 1032.)
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-04-04** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 1186.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-28** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-09-03** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-06** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-09** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2690.)
- **2019-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (September 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2902.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3466.)
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3468.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 859, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61ca24c7-8047-4c80-9cd1-db3e0ea2dee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).