republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1048.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alameda Health System Hospital Authority: labor negotiations."
description: "Existing law establishes an independent public agency to manage, administer, and control the Alameda Health System, which is known as the Alameda Health System Hospital Authority. The hospital authority is governed by a board that is appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda. Existing law prescribes the characteristics of employees of the hospital authority who are and are not authorized to participate in the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association at the time the provisions authorizing the creation of the hospital authority become effective. Existing law generally prohibits a person employed by the hospital authority on or before the date these provisions became effective who was not qualified for membership in the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association at that time from becoming qualified for membership as a result of subsequent employment with the hospital authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1048"
citation: "California AB 1048 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alameda Health System Hospital Authority: labor negotiations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a263595-c309-4dfe-bb02-782a79670869"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048"
source_hash: "168a47bb1b321408963e9605907680ee239ce8d29e55781d6c720cee42f2bf04"
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 1048 (20212022) — Alameda Health System Hospital Authority: labor negotiations.

Existing law establishes an independent public agency to manage, administer, and control the Alameda Health System, which is known as the Alameda Health System Hospital Authority. The hospital authority is governed by a board that is appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda. Existing law prescribes the characteristics of employees of the hospital authority who are and are not authorized to participate in the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association at the time the provisions authorizing the creation of the hospital authority become effective. Existing law generally prohibits a person employed by the hospital authority on or before the date these provisions became effective who was not qualified for membership in the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association at that time from becoming qualified for membership as a result of subsequent employment with the hospital authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048&version=20210AB104899INT)
2. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048&version=20210AB104898AMD)
3. **04/20/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048&version=20210AB104897AMD)
4. **09/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048&version=20210AB104895CHP)
5. **AB1048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048)
6. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1048&version=20210AB104896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1048 Cooper Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** 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`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** 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`
- **2021-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1816.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a263595-c309-4dfe-bb02-782a79670869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).