---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: memorandum of understanding."
description: "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: "SB 103"
citation: "California SB 103 (20192020)"
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: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d2d7d1-390c-458e-b507-6966d3961b60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB103"
source_hash: "a39936309bf4b5446cd32bc9c16a04589f3c631c723f940a2b0b0b4ad66eee82"
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 103 (20192020) — State employees: memorandum of understanding.

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. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB103&version=20190SB10399INT)
2. **06/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB103&version=20190SB10398AMD)
3. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB103&version=20190SB10396CHP)
4. **SB103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB103)
5. **06/24/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB103&version=20190SB10397ENR)

## Votes

- SB 103 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB103 B. & F.R. — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB103 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)
- **2019-04-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 672.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-06-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-06-17** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 2297.)
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2298.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-06-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 1670.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 118, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d2d7d1-390c-458e-b507-6966d3961b60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).