republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1625.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment: collective bargaining."
description: "(1) Under existing law, 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1625"
citation: "California AB 1625 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public employment: collective bargaining."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-01-11"
last_action: "2010-10-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a17a4b-557b-4d21-9289-bff7b624e7bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625"
source_hash: "b7b37cf797d18095759db29ecdbac7968836bfb5c9d634a4cd7f10d1266b5991"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1625 (20092010) — Public employment: collective bargaining.

(1) Under existing law, 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. **01/11/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625&version=20090AB162599INT)
2. **04/19/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625&version=20090AB162598AMD)
3. **10/07/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625&version=20090AB162597AMD)
4. **10/19/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625&version=20090AB162595CHP)
5. **AB1625** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625)
6. **10/11/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1625&version=20090AB162596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1625 PEREZ, J. Concurrence- Urgency Added By TORRICO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1625 John A. Perez Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1625 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Perez — primary (person)
- Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4592.)
- **2010-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 7. Page 4806.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-27** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-05** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2010-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2010-10-07** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-10-07** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2010-10-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (October 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-10-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (October 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-10-07** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2010-10-07** Senate Rule 29.4 suspended.
- **2010-10-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 5237.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-10-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7145.)
- **2010-10-07** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 5. Page 7146.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-10-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2010-10-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-10-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71a17a4b-557b-4d21-9289-bff7b624e7bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).