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California AB 138 (20252026) — State employment: state bargaining units.

(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. 01/08/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/14/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/29/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB138 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 13–5 (pass) · upper
• AB 138 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 53–17 (pass) · lower
• AB 138 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 67–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB138 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — 28–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2025-03-17 Ordered to second reading.
• 2025-03-17 (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
• 2025-03-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 732.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-04-02 Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (July 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-17 Senate Rule 29.4 suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 8. Page 2123.)
• 2025-07-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2124.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-07-17 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 2587.)
• 2025-07-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 4. Page 2588.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2025-07-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-07-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 78, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f60f83ec-ff63-458a-8cbd-b65e77fab5b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).