---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: State Bargaining Unit 6 agreement."
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: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "California SB 151 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Bargaining Unit 6 agreement", "State employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c743d460-b7a4-464e-8155-802f59fd264c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151"
source_hash: "cda818aeccf9578db46e514df93d24ca20a4685855738cb51db2b90cec0021c4"
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 151 (20232024) — State employment: State Bargaining Unit 6 agreement.

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. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151&version=20230SB15199INT)
2. **08/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151&version=20230SB15198AMD)
3. **09/05/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151&version=20230SB15197AMD)
4. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151&version=20230SB15195CHP)
5. **SB151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151)
6. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB151&version=20230SB15196ENR)

## Votes

- SB 151 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By TING — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB151 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 502.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-28** 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`
- **2023-09-05** 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`
- **2023-09-06** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2023-09-06** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2953.)
- **2023-09-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3109.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2573.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c743d460-b7a4-464e-8155-802f59fd264c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).