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Bill	Collective bargaining: Judicial Council.	Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act) , governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. Existing law excludes certain employees from coverage under the Dills Act, including, among others, managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees, as defined. Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and authorizes it, among other things, to determine appropriate state employee bargaining units, as specified. The California Constitution prescribes the membership of the California Supreme Court and requires the Legislature to create appellate court districts, all of which are vested with the judicial power of the state. The California Constitution prescribes the membership and duties of the Judicial Council and authorizes the council to appoint an Administrative Director of the Courts. Existing law creates the Habeas Corpus Resource Center for the purpose of providing representation to people who are convicted and sentenced to death in this state and who are without counsel.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 83	California AB 83 (20172018)	bill	Collective bargaining: Judicial Council.	enacted	Santiago	7	27	8	2017-01-05	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/22db39f5-31d1-43c5-93a4-37c654c0f252	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB83	ef5e89c2257f854f7ad4afc8b01244d0b44448a41b27001c6db985796fd9cb47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 83 (20172018) — Collective bargaining: Judicial Council.

Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act) , governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. Existing law excludes certain employees from coverage under the Dills Act, including, among others, managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees, as defined. Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and authorizes it, among other things, to determine appropriate state employee bargaining units, as specified. The California Constitution prescribes the membership of the California Supreme Court and requires the Legislature to create appellate court districts, all of which are vested with the judicial power of the state. The California Constitution prescribes the membership and duties of the Judicial Council and authorizes the council to appoint an Administrative Director of the Courts. Existing law creates the Habeas Corpus Resource Center for the purpose of providing representation to people who are convicted and sentenced to death in this state and who are without counsel.

Version chain

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

1. 01/05/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB83 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 83 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — 54–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB83 Santiago By Wiener — 26–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 83 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 3–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-06 From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 1902.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2716.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2017-09-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3206.)
• 2017-09-13 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 13). committee-passage
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3384.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 835, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22db39f5-31d1-43c5-93a4-37c654c0f252. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).