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CA AB 339

enacted

Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 339 pass?

Yes. CA AB 339 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 339 about?

Existing law, 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. Existing law 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. Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 45 days' written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. The bill would also require the public agency, if an emergency or other exigent circumstance prevents the public agency from providing the written notice described above, to provide as much advance notice as is practicable under the circumstances. By imposing new duties on local public agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions for costs mandated by the state pursuant to this act, but would recognize that a local agency or school district may pursue any available remedies to seek reimbursement for these costs.

Who sponsors CA AB 339?

Ortega is the primary sponsor of CA AB 339.

Description

Existing law, 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. Existing law 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. Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 45 days' written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. The bill would also require the public agency, if an emergency or other exigent circumstance prevents the public agency from providing the written notice described above, to provide as much advance notice as is practicable under the circumstances. By imposing new duties on local public agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions for costs mandated by the state pursuant to this act, but would recognize that a local agency or school district may pursue any available remedies to seek reimbursement for these costs.

Introduced
2025-05-23
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ortegaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-28

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-29

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.

  3. 2025-02-18

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

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-19

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  6. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  7. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  8. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 11. Page 1899.)

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  11. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2025-06-11

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

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  13. 2025-06-13

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  14. 2025-06-18

    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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  15. 2025-07-14

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9).

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  16. 2025-07-15

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  18. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  20. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2518.).

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  22. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  23. 2025-09-08

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 12. Page 3024.).

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  24. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  25. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  26. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/28/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-28Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-18Compare
  • 07/15/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-15Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB339Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-19 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Lackey: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Alanis: other
  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
  • AB 339 Ortega Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 51-11

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Flora: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Carrillo: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Patel: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Solache: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Ta: other
    • Davies: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Hart: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Sanchez: other
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-09 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: no
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no
  • 3rd Reading AB339 Ortega By Durazo

    2025-09-04 · pass · 28-11

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Laird: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Reyes: other
  • AB 339 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-08 · pass · 52-12

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Davies: other
    • Hart: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Chen: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Carrillo: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Ta: other

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