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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 478	California AB 478 (20132014)	bill appropriation	State employees: memorandum of understanding.	enacted	Gomez	6	29	9	2013-02-19	2013-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b9c89c93-56ad-43c1-91dd-d0f1d6e7ea39	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB478	b90eace4d7b6adc32403dbdbb27bece62ef3e4622deefef813c5a40074747668	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 478 (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. 02/19/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/28/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB478 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 478 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 53–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• amendments be concurred in. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 478 GOMEZ Concurrence - Urgency Added — 69–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Supp 1 AB478 Gomez By Beall — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Supp 1 AB478 Gomez Set 1 Lay on Table — 27–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Rendon — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2013-02-28 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 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 1790.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-08-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 2044.)
• 2013-09-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-09-03 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 2118.)
• 2013-09-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-09-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (September 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-09-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-06 Senate Rule 29.4 suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2185.)
• 2013-09-06 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2186.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3032.)
• 2013-09-10 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 10). committee-passage
• 2013-09-11 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 3198.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2013-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 391, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9c89c93-56ad-43c1-91dd-d0f1d6e7ea39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).