republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-355.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employment Relations Board: Orange County Transportation Authority."
description: "Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government as a means of resolving disputes and enforcing the statutory duties and rights of specified public employers and employees under various acts regulating collective bargaining, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Existing law includes within PERB's jurisdiction the resolution of disputes alleging violation of rules and regulations adopted by a public agency, as defined, concerning unit determinations, representations, recognition, and elections, as specified. Existing law does not apply the above provisions to employees of specified transit agencies, including the Orange County Transportation Authority, among others."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 355"
citation: "California AB 355 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employment Relations Board: Orange County Transportation Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4201bf9d-e178-455d-a87d-4dc0bd1257e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB355"
source_hash: "59452b8ab92486723c54964397321ae12e0358ed3a36b08c35cc2a51b97b2074"
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 355 (20192020) — Public Employment Relations Board: Orange County Transportation Authority.

Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government as a means of resolving disputes and enforcing the statutory duties and rights of specified public employers and employees under various acts regulating collective bargaining, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Existing law includes within PERB's jurisdiction the resolution of disputes alleging violation of rules and regulations adopted by a public agency, as defined, concerning unit determinations, representations, recognition, and elections, as specified. Existing law does not apply the above provisions to employees of specified transit agencies, including the Orange County Transportation Authority, among others.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB355&version=20190AB35599INT)
2. **10/10/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB355&version=20190AB35597CHP)
3. **AB355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB355)
4. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB355&version=20190AB35598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 355 Daly Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB355 Daly et al. By Umberg — **30–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)
- Umberg — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1359.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2573.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 713, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4201bf9d-e178-455d-a87d-4dc0bd1257e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).