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Bill	Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: procedures relating to employee termination or discipline.	The Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act provides for negotiations concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between a higher education employer, defined as the Regents of the University of California, the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, and the Trustees of the California State University, and representatives of recognized employee organizations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 615	California AB 615 (20212022)	bill	Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: procedures relating to employee termination or discipline.	enacted	Rodriguez	5	21	8	2021-02-12	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4da67f95-6e2a-48b4-bedb-8234fb97cdd6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB615	5dd8bf5166fef517489d99d1ab7726e7955974bfc22f2661790005bde0b0a352	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 615 (20212022) — Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: procedures relating to employee termination or discipline.

The Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act provides for negotiations concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between a higher education employer, defined as the Regents of the University of California, the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, and the Trustees of the California State University, and representatives of recognized employee organizations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/07/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB615 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 615 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 615 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — 58–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB615 Rodriguez By Pan — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 1637.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1694.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2346.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 5. Page 2828.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4da67f95-6e2a-48b4-bedb-8234fb97cdd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).