republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: memoranda of understanding."
description: "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: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "California SB 151 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employees: memoranda of understanding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-01"
last_action: "2011-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ebb30f6-e164-4180-ac6d-d1e3c7e55dc1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151"
source_hash: "dd969ad37069c44e71e16261c07dab770a53b4251299e659b235af0174bf6dd6"
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 SB 151 (20112012) — State employees: memoranda of understanding.

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. **02/01/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15199INT)
2. **04/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15198AMD)
3. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15197AMD)
4. **05/16/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15195CHP)
5. **SB151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151)
6. **05/17/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB151&version=20110SB15196ENR)

## Votes

- SB 151 Correa Third Reading Urgency By FURUTANI — **54–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Author's amendments. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Furutani — principal coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — principal coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 620.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-14** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 806.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-05** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 1226.)
- **2011-05-05** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2011-05-05** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice (Com. on APPR.) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1226.)
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (May 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 1384.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-05-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-05-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 25, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ebb30f6-e164-4180-ac6d-d1e3c7e55dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).