republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-931.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deterring union membership: violations."
description: "Existing law prohibits a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees or applicants to be public employees from becoming or remaining members of an employee organization, authorizing representation by an employee organization, or authorizing dues or fee deductions to an employee organization. Existing law generally vests jurisdiction over violations of these provisions in the Public Employment Relations Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 931"
citation: "California SB 931 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deterring union membership: violations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48948d0e-7f74-4e38-906a-403b9625d8cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931"
source_hash: "8d7c0867fc003f1baded593ffe09e44d0b0003d1ba98b53bff0ddf0612fe140c"
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 931 (20212022) — Deterring union membership: violations.

Existing law prohibits a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees or applicants to be public employees from becoming or remaining members of an employee organization, authorizing representation by an employee organization, or authorizing dues or fee deductions to an employee organization. Existing law generally vests jurisdiction over violations of these provisions in the Public Employment Relations Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931&version=20210SB93199INT)
2. **04/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931&version=20210SB93198AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931&version=20210SB93197AMD)
4. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931&version=20210SB93196AMD)
5. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931&version=20210SB93194CHP)
6. **SB931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931)
7. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB931&version=20210SB93195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Employment and Retirement] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB931 Leyva et al. — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB931 Leyva et al. Concurrence — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 931 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Cooper — **59–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leyva — primary (person)
- Laird — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2022-02-07** (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
- **2022-02-07** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
- **2022-02-08** From printer.
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Set for hearing March 21.
- **2022-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3168.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3435.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2022-05-02** May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3775.) (May 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 3888.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 6197.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5307.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 823, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48948d0e-7f74-4e38-906a-403b9625d8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).