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Bill	Local public employee organizations: impasse procedures.	The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees, and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. The act requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1606	California AB 1606 (20112012)	bill	Local public employee organizations: impasse procedures.	enacted	Perea	5	19	6	2012-02-07	2012-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2158355c-3846-47d1-a91b-42e0c570a47e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1606	68443e115bfc002f263428c23accd12cda130b9ab94baaf2bda6dbfd7431fcfb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1606 (20112012) — Local public employee organizations: impasse procedures.

The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees, and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. The act requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/17/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/14/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1606 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1606 Perea By Vargas — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• AB 1606 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — 46–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 1606 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Perea — primary (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2012-02-17 Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4487.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-04-26 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-05-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 4434.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5884.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2012-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2158355c-3846-47d1-a91b-42e0c570a47e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).