republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency meetings: local agency executive compensation: oral report of final action recommendation."
description: "The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public, except that closed sessions may be held under prescribed circumstances. Existing law authorizes the legislative body to hold a closed session to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee, but generally prohibits the closed session from including discussion or action on proposed compensation. Existing law authorizes the legislative body to hold a closed session with the local agency's designated representatives regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of its represented and unrepresented employees, but prohibits the closed session from including final action on the proposed compensation of one or more unrepresented employees. Existing law prohibits the legislative body from calling a special meeting regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of a local agency executive, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1436"
citation: "California SB 1436 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency meetings: local agency executive compensation: oral report of final action recommendation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7fe307a-67b2-4716-ba66-e4358ecdf201"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436"
source_hash: "dbc649a2ca080d687fa5f43231c3d46a8744500bda8dc5827c56c5095d4d30c1"
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 1436 (20152016) — Local agency meetings: local agency executive compensation: oral report of final action recommendation.

The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public, except that closed sessions may be held under prescribed circumstances. Existing law authorizes the legislative body to hold a closed session to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee, but generally prohibits the closed session from including discussion or action on proposed compensation. Existing law authorizes the legislative body to hold a closed session with the local agency's designated representatives regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of its represented and unrepresented employees, but prohibits the closed session from including final action on the proposed compensation of one or more unrepresented employees. Existing law prohibits the legislative body from calling a special meeting regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of a local agency executive, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436&version=20150SB143699INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436&version=20150SB143698AMD)
3. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436&version=20150SB143697AMD)
4. **08/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436&version=20150SB143695CHP)
5. **SB1436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436)
6. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1436&version=20150SB143696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1436 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3518.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3711.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5721.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7fe307a-67b2-4716-ba66-e4358ecdf201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).