republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-201.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: employees."
description: "(1) Existing law, known as the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, contains provisions relating to employer-employee relations between the state and the employees of state institutions of higher education, including the University of California and the California State University, as well as the Hastings College of the Law. These provisions assign major responsibilities for implementation to the Public Employment Relations Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "California SB 201 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d1143b-4159-498b-a1d3-acc78605b71b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB201"
source_hash: "b71cb00543ecd2b271d438923da5485ee04c7e79d5aae3404f40b4edd219476b"
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 201 (20172018) — Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: employees.

(1) Existing law, known as the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, contains provisions relating to employer-employee relations between the state and the employees of state institutions of higher education, including the University of California and the California State University, as well as the Hastings College of the Law. These provisions assign major responsibilities for implementation to the Public Employment Relations Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB201&version=20170SB20199INT)
2. **03/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB201&version=20170SB20198AMD)
3. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB201&version=20170SB20196CHP)
4. **SB201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB201)
5. **09/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB201&version=20170SB20197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB201 Skinner et al. — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 201 Skinner Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY — **52–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Set for hearing March 27.
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-17** April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1266.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 3043.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 854, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d1143b-4159-498b-a1d3-acc78605b71b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).