republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-28.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State public employment: memoranda of understanding: approval."
description: "(1) 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: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "California SB 28 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State public employment: memoranda of understanding: approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4843ad8e-fd69-4626-aaae-858bc9eed08e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28"
source_hash: "ae1b9fee506e0c7d5dbd4896634736e9a1a445597ba1ff270eeb699721540d54"
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 28 (20172018) — State public employment: memoranda of understanding: approval.

(1) 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. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28&version=20170SB2899INT)
2. **01/30/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28&version=20170SB2898AMD)
3. **02/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28&version=20170SB2897AMD)
4. **03/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28&version=20170SB2895CHP)
5. **SB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28)
6. **03/10/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB28&version=20170SB2896ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **22–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 28 Pan Senate Third Reading By TING — **61–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Budget and Fiscal Review ] — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-01-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Re-referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** 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`
- **2017-02-01** Set for hearing February 6.
- **2017-02-03** Set for hearing February 9 in B. & F.R. pending receipt.
- **2017-02-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F.R. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 162.) (February 6). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4. Page 171.) (February 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** Motion by Senator Monning to lay on table amendments by Senator Stone adopted. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 219.)
- **2017-02-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 220.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 5.) (March 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 563.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4843ad8e-fd69-4626-aaae-858bc9eed08e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).