California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 201 — Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: employees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 854, Statutes of 2017.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law, known as the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, contains provisions relating to employer-employee relations between the state and the employees of state institutions of higher education, including the University of California and the California State University, as well as the Hastings College of the Law. These provisions assign major responsibilities for implementation to the Public Employment Relations Board. Under the act, an "employee" or "higher education employee" is defined as any employee of the Regents of the University of California, the Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, or the Trustees of the California State University. The act authorizes the board to find student employees whose employment is contingent on their status as students are employees only if the services they provide are unrelated to their educational objectives, or that those educational objectives are subordinate to the services they perform and that coverage under this act would further the purposes of the act. This bill would make student employees, whose employment is contingent upon their status as students, "employees" and "higher education employees" for purposes of the act. (2) The act grants employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations and for the purpose of meeting and conferring with their employer. Under the act, all matters not within the scope of representation are reserved to the employer and are not subject to meeting and conferring. The act excludes from the scope of representation, for purposes of the University of California only, among other things, conditions for the award of certificates and degrees to students. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the University of California only, the requirements for students to achieve satisfactory progress toward their degrees are also outside of the scope of representation.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 854, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 3043.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1).

  8. Coauthors revised.

  9. June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1266.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 25).

  16. Set for hearing May 25.

  17. April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  18. Set for hearing April 17.

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Set for hearing March 27.

  21. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  22. Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  23. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.

  24. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Skinner

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

SB 201 Skinner Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY

Passed 52 Yea · 25 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 381901
Democratic 14001
Republican 0600
Total 522502
% of votes cast 66%32%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Medina — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Fong — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Not Voting
Cunningham — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Cooper — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8401
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 11501
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Nay
Gray — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 9 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6201
Republican 0100
Democratic 3000
Total 9301
% of votes cast 69%23%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Kiley — Nay
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading SB201 Skinner et al.

Passed 26 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221102
Democratic 4100
Total 261202
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Monning — Yea
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Dodd — Yea
Glazer — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

labor education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 201 do?
(1) Existing law, known as the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, contains provisions relating to employer-employee relations between the state and the employees of state institutions of higher education, including the University of California and the California State University, as well as the Hastings College of the Law. These provisions assign major responsibilities for implementation to the Public Employment Relations Board. Under the act, an "employee" or "higher education employee" is defined as any employee of the Regents of the University of California, the Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, or the Trustees of the California State University. The act authorizes the board to find student employees whose employment is contingent on their status as students are employees only if the services they provide are unrelated to their educational objectives, or that those educational objectives are subordinate to the services they perform and that coverage under this act would further the purposes of the act. This bill would make student employees, whose employment is contingent upon their status as students, "employees" and "higher education employees" for purposes of the act. (2) The act grants employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations and for the purpose of meeting and conferring with their employer. Under the act, all matters not within the scope of representation are reserved to the employer and are not subject to meeting and conferring. The act excludes from the scope of representation, for purposes of the University of California only, among other things, conditions for the award of certificates and degrees to students. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the University of California only, the requirements for students to achieve satisfactory progress toward their degrees are also outside of the scope of representation.
Who sponsors SB 201?
SB 201 is sponsored by Atkins, Gonzalez Fletcher, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Limón, Monique (Democratic), Pan, and Skinner.
What is the current status of SB 201?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 201?
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