AB 1818 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.

Summary
Existing law grants to higher education employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations for purposes of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations and for the purpose of meeting and conferring. Existing law, for the California State University, prohibits written memoranda reached that require budgetary or curative action by the Legislature or other agencies from being effective unless that action has been taken, and requires an appropriate request for financing or budgetary funding for all state-funded employees or for necessary legislation to be forwarded to the Legislature and the Governor or other funding agencies. Existing law requires the entire memorandum to be referred back to the parties for further meeting and conferring when the memorandum requires legislative action and the Legislature or the Governor fails to fully fund the memorandum or take the requisite curative action, except as specified. This bill would require the above-described determination of whether a memorandum requires legislative action and the Legislature or the Governor fails to fully fund the memorandum or take the requisite curative action to be made by the Public Employment Relations Board by written notification to the parties.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Aug 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Aug 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2026 Last action Aug 28, 2026
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What changed between versions

05/18/26 - Amended Assembly 06/08/26 - Amended Senate · 3 edits · Jun 8, 2026
MINOR
The Senate amendment makes two substantive changes to AB 1818. First, it removes a provision (former subsection (c)) that explicitly stated the section would not relieve CSU from complying with its obligations under ratified collective bargaining agreements. Second, it changes the body responsible for determining whether the Legislature or Governor has failed to fully fund a memorandum from the Director of Finance to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Additionally, several references shift from plural 'memoranda' to singular 'memorandum,' suggesting individual agreements can be evaluated separately rather than as a single package.
REQUIREMENT

Removed subsection (c), which stated that the section does not relieve CSU from complying with its obligations under a collectively bargained agreement negotiated with a labor organization and duly ratified by the parties. This removal could weaken the explicit protection ensuring CSU must honor existing ratified agreements regardless of the funding determination process.

ENFORCEMENT

Changed the body that makes the written determination of whether the Legislature or Governor has failed to fully fund a memorandum or take requisite curative action. The Assembly version assigned this role to the Director of Finance; the Senate version assigns it to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). This shifts the determination from a fiscal office to the state's labor relations agency.

TECHNICAL

Multiple references changed from plural 'memoranda' to singular 'memorandum,' indicating that individual memoranda of understanding can now be evaluated and referred back separately rather than requiring the entire set to be treated as one unit when funding is not approved.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 20, 2026 · Assembly May 27, 2026

How they voted

2710
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Aug 20, 2026
D Democratic30
27 Yea 3
90% Yea
R Republican10
10 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
5
Aug 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8.).
lower
Aug 20, 2026
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
lower
Aug 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10.).
upper
Aug 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
upper
Aug 3, 2026
Committee
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
upper
Jul 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
upper
Jun 8, 2026
Introduced
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.
upper
Jun 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
upper
May 27, 2026
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (61-8-10)
assembly
May 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 8.)
lower
May 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
lower
May 14, 2026
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 14).
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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