republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-181.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements: compensation and benefits."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 181"
citation: "California AB 181 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Bargaining Units", "State employment", "agreements", "compensation and benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc5de9d0-4e17-4dbd-ab72-2abafc3dc9a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181"
source_hash: "ca624736cdf28dfe51c7ac169eb65771bc38f10e4ab7b6a8f7a145e8347f7da0"
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 181 (20232024) — State employment: State Bargaining Units: agreements: compensation and benefits.

(1) Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18199INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18198AMD)
3. **08/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18197AMD)
4. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18195CHP)
5. **AB181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181)
6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB181&version=20230AB18196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 181 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB181 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 181 Budget Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **75–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 869.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-08-15** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5070.)
- **2024-08-22** Senate rules suspended.
- **2024-08-22** (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5300.)
- **2024-08-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Senate Rule 29.4 suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.)
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1001, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc5de9d0-4e17-4dbd-ab72-2abafc3dc9a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).