CA AB 2129

in committee

State employees: compensation: firefighters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law provides that in order for the state to recruit skilled firefighters for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it is the policy of the state to consider prevailing salaries and benefits prior to making salary recommendations. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources, in order to provide comparability in pay, to take into consideration the salary and benefits of other jurisdictions employing 75 or more full-time firefighters who work in California. This bill would require the state to bargain in good faith with firefighters who are rank-and-file members of State Bargaining Unit 8, employed by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to reach a competitive range within 15% of the average salary for corresponding ranks in 20 listed California fire departments. The bill would require the state and the exclusive representative for State Bargaining Unit 8 to jointly survey annually and calculate the estimated average salaries for those fire departments. The bill would also require the Department of Human Resources, on or before March 31, 2027, for purposes of the bargaining unit contract renewal to be conducted on July 1, 2027, to conduct and report to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection a cursory survey on the salaries and benefits for the prior year of, among other positions, each of the fire chiefs for 5 listed California fire departments. The bill would provide that when determining compensation for uniformed classifications of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it is the policy of the state to consider the salary of corresponding ranks within the comparable jurisdictions listed, as well as other factors, including internal comparisons. The bill would require any salary increase for firefighters under these provisions to be implemented through a memorandum of understanding, in accordance with specified procedures governing collective bargaining agreements. The bill would include legislative findings and declarations related to its provisions.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-24 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
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2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5526.)
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2026-06-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-08 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Lackey: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 2129 Flora Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 77-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Patel: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Flora: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Berman: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Bains: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes

Related bills

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