republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1377.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: memorandum 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: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1377"
citation: "California AB 1377 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State employees: memorandum of understanding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed057089-8b52-42a3-9df3-69a91f49aa55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1377"
source_hash: "df45a72abad330b1a9792794d05773c6c9b045b194f4a136b4c4b31f2e76ae5d"
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 1377 (20132014) — State employees: memorandum 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. **02/26/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1377&version=20130AB137799INT)
2. **06/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1377&version=20130AB137798AMD)
3. **07/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1377&version=20130AB137796CHP)
4. **AB1377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1377)
5. **07/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1377&version=20130AB137797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1377 P.E., R. & S.S. Third Reading Urgency By BONTA — **63–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1377 P.E., R. & S.S. Third Reading Urgency By BONTA Amend By BONTA Set #1 — **54–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1377 Committee on P.E.,R.& S.S.(Bonta) By Beall Urgency Clause — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 2107.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2108.)
- **2013-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 9. Page 2150.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-27** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 1655.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-07-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed057089-8b52-42a3-9df3-69a91f49aa55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).