AB-1818 • 2026

California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Ortega
Last action: 2026-06-08
Official status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Effective date: Not listed

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California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.

AB 1818, as amended, Ortega.

What This Bill Does

AB 1818, as amended, Ortega.
California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.
Existing law grants to higher education employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations for purposes of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations and for the purpose of meeting and conferring.
Existing law, for the California State University, prohibits written memoranda reached that require budgetary or curative action by the Legislature or other agencies from being effective unless that action has been taken, and requires an appropriate request for financing or budgetary funding for all state-funded employees or for necessary legislation to be forwarded to the Legislature and the Governor or other funding agencies.

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Bill History

2026-06-08 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-05-27 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 8.)
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 14).
2026-04-22 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-03-18 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-18 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2026-02-11 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2026-02-10 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1818, as amended, Ortega.
California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.
Existing law grants to higher education employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations for purposes of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations and for the purpose of meeting and conferring.
Existing law, for the California State University, prohibits written memoranda reached that require budgetary or curative action by the Legislature or other agencies from being effective unless that action has been taken, and requires an appropriate request for financing or budgetary funding for all state-funded employees or for necessary legislation to be forwarded to the Legislature and the Governor or other funding agencies. Existing law requires the entire
memoranda
memorandum
to be referred back to the parties for further meeting and conferring when the
memoranda require
memorandum requires
legislative action and the Legislature or the Governor fails to fully fund the
memoranda
memorandum
or take the requisite curative action, except as specified.
This bill would require the above-described determination of whether
the memoranda require
a memorandum
requires
legislative action and the Legislature or the Governor fails to fully fund the
memoranda
memorandum
or take the requisite curative action to be made by the
Director of Finance
Public Employment Relations Board
by written notification to the parties.

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