Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act) , governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. Existing law excludes certain employees from coverage under the Dills Act, including, among others, managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees, as defined. Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and authorizes it, among other things, to determine appropriate state employee bargaining units, as specified.
California AB 1 (20232024) — Collective bargaining: Legislature.
Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act) , governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. Existing law excludes certain employees from coverage under the Dills Act, including, among others, managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees, as defined. Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and authorizes it, among other things, to determine appropriate state employee bargaining units, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1 McKinnor et al. By Durazo — 30–3 (pass) · upper
AB 1 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading — 68–5 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1 McKinnor Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McKinnor — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Arambula — coauthor (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Blakespear — coauthor (person)
Boerner — principal coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Bryan — author (person)
Cervantes — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Durazo — coauthor (person)
Flora — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Haney — author (person)
Holden — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Kalra — author (person)
Laird — coauthor (person)
Lee — author (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
McCarty — author (person)
Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
Newman — coauthor (person)
Ortega — author (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Rendon — coauthor (person)
Reyes — author (person)
Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
Santiago — coauthor (person)
Schiavo — coauthor (person)
Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Ward — coauthor (person)
Wendy Carrillo — author (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2023-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2023-04-20 Measure version as amended on April 17 corrected. amendment-passage
2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 5. Page 1786.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-08-28 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 2650.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 3428.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/716e31eb-2ab6-4359-91e1-6d7ef4e0c175. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).