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AB 1818: California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.
What AB 1818 does, verified October 3, 2026
This bill would amend the law governing the California State University system. It would delete a provision that requires written memoranda between the university and the legislature to be effective only if the legislature or governor takes specific actions. Instead, these memoranda would be effective, allowing the parties to meet and confer without the need for legislative approval. The bill would also keep in place a provision requiring the university to maintain close liaison with the Department of Finance and the legislature regarding fiscal ramifications of the memoranda. Additionally, the bill would specify that the duty to meet and confer in good faith does not relieve the university from complying with its obligations under a collectively bargained agreement.
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| Sep. 30, 2026 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 898, Statutes of 2026. |
| Sep. 30, 2026 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Aug. 28, 2026 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. |
| Aug. 24, 2026 | Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 6404.). |
| Aug. 20, 2026 | In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. |
Latest bill textEnrolled version, August 26, 2026 · 634 words
| Enrolled August 26, 2026 |
| Passed IN Senate August 20, 2026 |
| Passed IN Assembly August 24, 2026 |
| Amended IN Senate June 08, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly May 18, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1818
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra) |
February 10, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 3572 of the Government Code, relating to the California State University.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1818, Ortega. California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.
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.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 3572 of the Government Code is amended to read:3572.
This section shall apply only to the California State University.(a) The duty to meet and confer in good faith requires the parties to begin negotiations before the adoption of the final budget for the ensuing year sufficiently in advance of the adoption date so that there is adequate time for agreement to be reached, or for the resolution of an impasse. The California State University shall maintain close liaison with the Department of Finance and the Legislature relative to the meeting and conferring on provisions of the written memoranda that have fiscal ramifications. The Governor shall appoint one representative to attend the meeting and conferring, including the impasse procedure, to advise the parties on the views of the Governor on matters that would require an appropriation or legislative action, and the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules may each appoint one representative to attend the meeting and conferring to advise the parties on the views of the Legislature on matters that would require an appropriation or legislative action.
(b) No written memoranda reached pursuant to this chapter that require budgetary or curative action by the Legislature or other funding agencies shall be effective unless and until that action has been taken. Following execution of written memoranda of understanding, an appropriate request for financing or budgetary funding for all state-funded employees or for necessary legislation shall be forwarded promptly to the Legislature and the Governor or other funding agencies. When a memorandum requires legislative action pursuant to this section, if the Legislature or the Governor fails to fully fund the memorandum or to take the requisite curative action, as determined by written notification from the board to the parties, the entire memorandum shall be referred back to the parties for further meeting and conferring unless the parties agree that provisions of the memorandum that are nonbudgetary and do not require funding shall take effect whether or not the funding requests submitted to the Legislature are approved.
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