California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 561 — Agricultural labor relations.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

(1) The Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 regulates employer-employee relations in agriculture. The act, among other things, prohibits agricultural employers and employees from engaging in unfair labor practices, as defined, and empowers the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to prevent any person from engaging in those practices. The act provides for a general counsel of the board and grants the general counsel final authority with respect to the investigation of charges and the issuance and prosecution of complaints regarding unfair labor practices. This bill would require the board to process to final board order all decisions concerning make-whole awards, backpay, and other monetary awards to employees within one year or any board order finding liability for an award. The bill would also make related technical, nonsubstantive changes. (2) The act grants employees the right to engage in collective bargaining with respect to wages, terms of employment, and other employment conditions, and authorizes employees to elect exclusive bargaining representatives for these purposes. The act, if certain conditions are met, requires the employer and exclusive bargaining representative to engage in mandatory mediation and conciliation of their issues, and authorizes both parties to appeal orders of the board based on this mandatory mediation and conciliation, as specified. This bill would require an employer who appeals or petitions for a writ of review of any order of the board under the act involving make-whole, backpay, or other monetary awards to employees to post a bond in the amount of the entire economic value of the order, as specified, and would provide for the bond to be forfeited under specified conditions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Vetoed by Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 43. Noes 30. Page 2970.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 2453.).

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27).

  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  12. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  13. Referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 1786.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Read second time and amended.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8).

  22. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  24. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Campos · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Campos

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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.

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Votes

AB 561 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 43 Yea · 30 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 402506
Democratic 3001
Republican 0500
Total 433007
% of votes cast 54%38%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
Olsen — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dodd — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gatto — Nay
Chang — Nay
Chau — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chu — Yea
Kim — Nay
Chávez — Not Voting
Alejo — Not Voting
Baker — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Daly — Not Voting
Levine — Nay
Linder — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Perea — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB561 Campos By Mendoza

Passed 21 Yea · 15 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 201403
Democratic 1101
Total 211504
% of votes cast 53%38%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Runner — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Not Voting
Glazer — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 561 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading

Passed 42 Yea · 30 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 392407
Democratic 3001
Republican 0600
Total 423008
% of votes cast 53%38%0%10%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Nay
Daly — Not Voting
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Williams — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chang — Nay
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Kim — Nay
Levine — Nay
Linder — Nay
Chu — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Nazarian — Not Voting
Alejo — Not Voting
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chávez — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Dodd — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Wood — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 10300
Republican 0200
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Nay
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 561 do?
(1) The Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 regulates employer-employee relations in agriculture. The act, among other things, prohibits agricultural employers and employees from engaging in unfair labor practices, as defined, and empowers the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to prevent any person from engaging in those practices. The act provides for a general counsel of the board and grants the general counsel final authority with respect to the investigation of charges and the issuance and prosecution of complaints regarding unfair labor practices. This bill would require the board to process to final board order all decisions concerning make-whole awards, backpay, and other monetary awards to employees within one year or any board order finding liability for an award. The bill would also make related technical, nonsubstantive changes. (2) The act grants employees the right to engage in collective bargaining with respect to wages, terms of employment, and other employment conditions, and authorizes employees to elect exclusive bargaining representatives for these purposes. The act, if certain conditions are met, requires the employer and exclusive bargaining representative to engage in mandatory mediation and conciliation of their issues, and authorizes both parties to appeal orders of the board based on this mandatory mediation and conciliation, as specified. This bill would require an employer who appeals or petitions for a writ of review of any order of the board under the act involving make-whole, backpay, or other monetary awards to employees to post a bond in the amount of the entire economic value of the order, as specified, and would provide for the bond to be forfeited under specified conditions.
Who sponsors AB 561?
AB 561 is sponsored by Campos.
What is the current status of AB 561?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 561?
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