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SB-600 • 2026

Public Employment Relations Board: powers and duties.

Public Employment Relations Board: powers and duties.

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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
Cortese
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about when studies must start or how collected data will be used, leaving these aspects undefined.

Public Employment Relations Board: Powers and Duties

This law authorizes the Public Employment Relations Board to study the impact of net-zero carbon emissions initiatives on public employees, including collecting and analyzing related data.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes the board to conduct studies about how net-zero carbon emissions initiatives affect public employees.
  • Allows the board to collect, analyze, and share data related to these impacts.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Public employees
  • The Public Employment Relations Board

Terms To Know

Net-zero carbon emissions initiatives
Plans and actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero or near-zero levels.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify when the board must start these studies.
  • Does not detail how the data will be used after collection.
  • Does not mention if there are limits on what kind of data can be shared.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  3. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  4. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  5. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 21.

  6. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 739.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 9.

  8. 2025-03-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  9. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

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

  10. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

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

Official Summary Text

SB 600, as introduced, Cortese.
Public Employment Relations Board: powers and duties.
Existing law gives public school 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. Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board and gives the board specified powers and duties relating to employer-employee relations. Existing law authorizes the board to conduct studies relating to employer-employee relations, including the collection, analysis, and making available of data relating to wages, benefits, and employment practices in public and private employment, and to recommend legislation.
This bill would specifically authorize the board to conduct employer-employee relations studies concerning the impact on public employees of net-zero carbon emissions initiatives, including
collecting, analyzing, and making available related data.

Current Bill Text

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