CA AB 1582
Status unknownHigher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: collective bargaining: unfair labor practices.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1582 pass?
The current status of CA AB 1582 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-17): From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
What is CA AB 1582 about?
Existing law, the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, administered by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) , provides for negotiations concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between a higher education employer, as defined, and representatives of recognized employee organizations. Existing law grants higher education 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. Existing law authorizes an employer and an exclusive representative who enter into a written memorandum of understanding to agree to procedures for final and binding arbitration of disputes that may arise under the memorandum of understanding or between the parties. Existing law makes it unlawful for the higher education employer to, among other things, refuse or fail to meet and confer with an exclusive representative. This bill would, with respect to arbitrations over violations of a collective bargaining agreement for the contracting out of bargaining unit work, make it an unfair practice for a higher education employer to, among other things, circumvent or disregard an arbitrator's decision by extending or renewing an existing contract or entering into a new contract for the same or similar services at the same location, or violating a contract term already interpreted by an arbitrator to prohibit the employer's conduct. This bill would prohibit PERB, among other things, from deferring repeat offenses in the above-described cases to subsequent arbitration proceedings. The bill would require remedies for a violation of these provisions to include the charging party's attorney's fees and costs.
Who sponsors CA AB 1582?
Ortega is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1582, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, administered by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) , provides for negotiations concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between a higher education employer, as defined, and representatives of recognized employee organizations. Existing law grants higher education 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. Existing law authorizes an employer and an exclusive representative who enter into a written memorandum of understanding to agree to procedures for final and binding arbitration of disputes that may arise under the memorandum of understanding or between the parties. Existing law makes it unlawful for the higher education employer to, among other things, refuse or fail to meet and confer with an exclusive representative. This bill would, with respect to arbitrations over violations of a collective bargaining agreement for the contracting out of bargaining unit work, make it an unfair practice for a higher education employer to, among other things, circumvent or disregard an arbitrator's decision by extending or renewing an existing contract or entering into a new contract for the same or similar services at the same location, or violating a contract term already interpreted by an arbitrator to prohibit the employer's conduct. This bill would prohibit PERB, among other things, from deferring repeat offenses in the above-described cases to subsequent arbitration proceedings. The bill would require remedies for a violation of these provisions to include the charging party's attorney's fees and costs.
- Introduced
- 2026-05-14
- Latest action
- 2026-06-17 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ortegaauthor
- Garciacoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-08
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.
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2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
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2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 7.)
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 7. Page 5355.)
2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 14).
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2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-03-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-03-18
Coauthors revised.
2026-02-02
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
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2026-01-14
From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
2026-01-13
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Boerner: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 13-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
AB 1582 Ortega Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 67-7
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ta: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Hadwick: no
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
- Ellis: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: no
- Sanchez: no
- Flora: other
- Gallagher: other
- Castillo: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-17 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: no
[First] hearing set for [07-01-2026]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
2026-06-30 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Durazo: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · fail · 6-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Stern: no
- Valladares: no
- Niello: no
- Ashby: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Laird: other
- Allen: other
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