---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: State Bargaining Units."
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: "SB 119"
citation: "California SB 119 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employment: State Bargaining Units."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15a538d2-ab34-4b9b-a97a-6b893fa69972"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119"
source_hash: "491f418c7bef5903c320d3c9359c00ad58d32be2e6ad21f251c1546e3aa39c18"
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 119 (20192020) — State employment: State Bargaining Units.

(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. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119&version=20190SB11999INT)
2. **03/16/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119&version=20190SB11998AMD)
3. **06/22/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119&version=20190SB11997AMD)
4. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119&version=20190SB11996AMD)
5. **08/06/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119&version=20190SB11994CHP)
6. **SB119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119)
7. **08/03/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB119&version=20190SB11995ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB119 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 119 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **61–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB119 B. & F.R. — **27–9** (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 677.) 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`
- **2020-03-16** 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`
- **2020-06-22** 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`
- **2020-07-27** 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`
- **2020-08-03** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 5051.)
- **2020-08-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-08-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 5055.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 4057.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-08-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 30, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15a538d2-ab34-4b9b-a97a-6b893fa69972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).