The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. The act requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Under the act, if the representatives of the public agency and the employee organization fail to reach an agreement, they may mutually agree on the appointment of a mediator and equally share the cost. Existing law gives public employees the right to refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations, and provides that employees who are members of a bona fide religion, body, or sect that has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations are not required to join or financially support a public employee organization as a condition of employment, as specified.
California AB 2556 (20212022) — Local public employee organizations.
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. The act requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Under the act, if the representatives of the public agency and the employee organization fail to reach an agreement, they may mutually agree on the appointment of a mediator and equally share the cost. Existing law gives public employees the right to refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations, and provides that employees who are members of a bona fide religion, body, or sect that has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations are not required to join or financially support a public employee organization as a condition of employment, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2556 O'Donnell Assembly Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2556 O'Donnell Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
O'Donnell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 0. Page 4607.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-18 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 5210.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bbb9a90-2142-4b74-9972-4eef3df6bcb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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