--- type: "Bill" title: "State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements: compensation and benefits." 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: "20232024" identifier: "AB 181" citation: "California AB 181 (20232024)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["State Bargaining Units", "State employment", "agreements", "compensation and benefits"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-01-09" last_action: "2024-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc5de9d0-4e17-4dbd-ab72-2abafc3dc9a8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181" source_hash: "ca624736cdf28dfe51c7ac169eb65771bc38f10e4ab7b6a8f7a145e8347f7da0" 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 181 (20232024) — State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements: compensation and benefits. (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. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18199INT) 2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18198AMD) 3. **08/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18197AMD) 4. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18195CHP) 5. **AB181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181) 6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18196ENR) ## Votes - AB 181 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **18–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB181 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 181 Budget Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **75–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9. - **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.) - **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee. - **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading. - **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 869.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2024-08-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2024-08-15** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5070.) - **2024-08-22** Senate rules suspended. - **2024-08-22** (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5300.) - **2024-08-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-28** Senate Rule 29.4 suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) - **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. - **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1001, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc5de9d0-4e17-4dbd-ab72-2abafc3dc9a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).