republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-977.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: memoranda of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 9."
description: "State employees: memoranda of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 977"
citation: "California AB 977 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: memoranda of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 9."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c86a0807-2988-4daa-a15b-668dc8a662b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977"
source_hash: "de486749e24923bcb36048529ae5973e7c3dd440420b36ee353c5bc1cda38172"
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 977 (20032004) — State employees: memoranda of understanding: State Bargaining Unit 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97799INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97798AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97797AMD)
4. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97796AMD)
5. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97795AMD)
6. **09/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97794AMD)
7. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97792CHP)
8. **AB977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977)
9. **09/13/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB977&version=20030AB97793ENR)

## Votes

- ab 977 longville assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 3943.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-13** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2600.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2158.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-25** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 2166.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/c86a0807-2988-4daa-a15b-668dc8a662b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).