---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education labor relations: employee organizations."
description: "Existing law establishes the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1550"
citation: "California AB 1550 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher education labor relations: employee organizations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e201abd-abfa-401e-8ca2-da19aa72ad2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550"
source_hash: "cbf0048d0be3610196071c51a76489ccfffdbcaa3b0f366e1f823509ef111bdb"
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 1550 (20212022) — Higher education labor relations: employee organizations.

Existing law establishes the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550&version=20210AB155099INT)
2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550&version=20210AB155098AMD)
3. **05/27/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550&version=20210AB155097AMD)
4. **10/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550&version=20210AB155095CHP)
5. **AB1550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550)
6. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1550&version=20210AB155096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1550 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **61–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1550 Luz Rivas et al. By Leyva — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1577.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 1814.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 1695.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2360.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e201abd-abfa-401e-8ca2-da19aa72ad2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).