republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-550.md

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Bill	Public school employment: meeting and negotiating: legal actions: settlement offer: attorney's fees.	Existing law gives public school employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. Existing law gives an employee organization standing to sue in an action or proceeding instituted on behalf of one or more of its members.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 550	California SB 550 (20172018)	bill	Public school employment: meeting and negotiating: legal actions: settlement offer: attorney's fees.	enacted	Pan	8	32	9	2017-02-16	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ad1e8350-ca85-41a7-961a-7a59f9b178ce	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB550	c78315d3cc0a9bf4c13a5ff53d937a332d24eae19d0fa8dfe236ce50a8f14103	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 550 (20172018) — Public school employment: meeting and negotiating: legal actions: settlement offer: attorney's fees.

Existing law gives public school employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. Existing law gives an employee organization standing to sue in an action or proceeding instituted on behalf of one or more of its members.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB550 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB550 Pan Concurrence — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB550 Pan Concurrence Reconsider — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 550 Pan Senate Third Reading By RODRIGUEZ — 55–20 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB550 Pan Concurrence — 25–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-17 Set for hearing March 27.
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2017-04-04 April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-13 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2017-05-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 945.) (May 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1245.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-12 Referred to Coms. on P.E., R., & S.S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-06-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 3154.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2790.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-12 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Pan.
• 2017-09-12 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2795.)
• 2017-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2795.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 812, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad1e8350-ca85-41a7-961a-7a59f9b178ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).