---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements."
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: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "California SB 196 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e8c2bfb-2e29-4402-b46e-7e9a41c090a0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB196"
source_hash: "5be0f6b1dcef736a08c625ecdebe6024b2c67855a23622d6635d32260c37d137"
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 196 (20212022) — State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements.

(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. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB196&version=20210SB19699INT)
2. **06/25/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB196&version=20210SB19698AMD)
3. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB196&version=20210SB19696CHP)
4. **SB196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB196)
5. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB196&version=20210SB19697ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB196 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB196 — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 196 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 201.)
- **2021-02-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 300.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** (Corrected May 14).
- **2022-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** Assembly Rules suspended.
- **2022-06-27** (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 5550.)
- **2022-06-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-06-27** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5601.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4538.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:10 a.m.
- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 69, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e8c2bfb-2e29-4402-b46e-7e9a41c090a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).