---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local public employee organizations."
description: "Local public employee organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2908"
citation: "California AB 2908 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local public employee organizations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1db8e9b-d102-4ab4-8939-c2c6ee518564"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908"
source_hash: "c804c0c4cd9c2610152cf657310fefa48d50538eadd8a49bb502d2ea8ef5f609"
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 2908 (20012002) — Local public employee organizations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908&version=20010AB290899INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908&version=20010AB290898AMD)
3. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908&version=20010AB290897AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908&version=20010AB290896AMD)
5. **09/30/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908&version=20010AB290894CHP)
6. **AB2908** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908)
7. **08/21/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2908&version=20010AB290895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2908 Goldberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2908 Goldberg By Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2908 Goldberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1137, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 7861.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-08-06** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 6295.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 7.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1db8e9b-d102-4ab4-8939-c2c6ee518564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).