republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-270.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment: labor relations: employee information."
description: "Existing law, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act, provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act, and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, among others, regulates the labor relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public agencies and their employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "California SB 270 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employment: labor relations: employee information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5980ab-10dc-4f08-ba03-6f31cd851d4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270"
source_hash: "5b0f66f698ff5af5421d97d384798eb6515f2a16290cd998b351d9c3e2a2ae93"
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 SB 270 (20212022) — Public employment: labor relations: employee information.

Existing law, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act, provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act, and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, among others, regulates the labor relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public agencies and their employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270&version=20210SB27099INT)
2. **04/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270&version=20210SB27098AMD)
3. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270&version=20210SB27097AMD)
4. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270&version=20210SB27095CHP)
5. **SB270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270)
6. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB270&version=20210SB27096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 270 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Cooper — **58–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB270 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 270 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Cooper — **58–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Durazo — primary (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2021-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 670.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 775.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1186.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 1310.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 2601.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-09-02** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-09-02** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2021-09-02** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2021-09-02** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3013.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2609.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 330, 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/be5980ab-10dc-4f08-ba03-6f31cd851d4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).