republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment: unfair practices: health protection."
description: "Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government for the purpose 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. Under existing law, PERB has the power and duty to investigate an unfair practice charge and to determine whether the charge is justified and the appropriate remedy for the unfair practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 237"
citation: "California AB 237 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employment: unfair practices: health protection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3173aaf-25ad-4c36-956f-f30ba9a7498c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB237"
source_hash: "e05161fbfb18da6e2bb37f6ade1233088597ef333eda3aedad9a7ba015c090da"
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 237 (20212022) — Public employment: unfair practices: health protection.

Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government for the purpose 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. Under existing law, PERB has the power and duty to investigate an unfair practice charge and to determine whether the charge is justified and the appropriate remedy for the unfair practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB237&version=20210AB23799INT)
2. **03/01/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB237&version=20210AB23798AMD)
3. **10/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB237&version=20210AB23796CHP)
4. **AB237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB237)
5. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB237&version=20210AB23797ENR)

## Votes

- AB 237 Gray Assembly Third Reading — **62–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB237 Gray et al. By Cortese — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 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`
- **2021-03-02** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 1433.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2220.). `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.
- **2021-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 740, 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/e3173aaf-25ad-4c36-956f-f30ba9a7498c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).