California Assembly Bill 2556
Session 20212022
Local public employee organizations.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 18, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
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Bill
Bill Number
2556
State
California
Session
20212022
Patrick O'Donnell
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Author
Motion Text
AB 2556 O'Donnell Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. The act requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Under the act, if the representatives of the public agency and the employee organization fail to reach an agreement, they may mutually agree on the appointment of a mediator and equally share the cost. Existing law gives public employees the right to refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations, and provides that employees who are members of a bona fide religion, body, or sect that has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations are not required to join or financially support a public employee organization as a condition of employment, as specified.
Existing law, the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act, grants certain employment rights to firefighters, as defined.
This bill would authorize a recognized employee organization to charge an employee covered by the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act for the reasonable cost of representation when the employee holds a conscientious objection, as described above, or declines membership in the organization and requests individual representation in a discipline, grievance, arbitration, or administrative hearing from the organization. The bill would apply this authorization only to these proceedings for which the recognized employee organization does not exclusively control the process.
Existing law provides that after any applicable mediation and factfinding procedures have been exhausted, but no earlier than 10 days after the factfinders' written findings of fact and recommended terms of settlement have been submitted to the parties, a public agency that is not required to proceed to interest arbitration may, after holding a hearing regarding the impasse, implement its last, best, and final offer.
This bill would revise the above-described timeframe to no earlier than 15 days after the factfinders' written findings of fact and recommended terms of settlement have been submitted to the parties.
02/17/22 - Introduced
February 17, 2022
06/22/22 - Amended Senate
June 22, 2022
08/25/22 - Amended Senate
August 25, 2022
09/01/22 - Enrolled
September 1, 2022
09/18/22 - Chaptered
September 18, 2022
03/28/22- Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement
March 28, 2022
04/25/22- Assembly Appropriations
April 25, 2022
04/29/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
April 29, 2022
06/27/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
June 27, 2022
08/05/22- Senate Appropriations
August 5, 2022
08/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 13, 2022
08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 26, 2022
08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 30, 2022
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09/18/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2022.
09/18/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/09/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/30/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.).
08/29/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
08/29/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 5210.).
08/25/2022
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11).
08/08/2022
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
06/29/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/22/2022
Senate
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.
05/18/2022
Senate
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
05/10/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/09/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 0. Page 4607.)
04/28/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
04/27/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 27).
03/30/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/10/2022
Assembly
Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
02/18/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
02/17/2022
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
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Feb 18, 2022 12:16:21 PM
Record Updated
Nov 11, 2022 12:24:38 PM