Category: Legislation

AB 2126 passed the Assembly on May 29 and now heads to the Senate.  To my knowledge, AB 2126 is the only active bill remaining in this Legislative session that would substantially affect PERB.  AB 2126 would make the following changes to the MMBA: Impose mandatory mediation at the request of either party; Provide that any impasse over a mandatory subject of bargaining is subject to factfinding; Provide that factfinders only need to consider the statutory criteria relevant to a dispute. Comments: I’ve commented previously on this bill.  (Click here for that post)  Since that time the bill has not…

The 2012-13 legislative session began with the introduction of several bills affecting the various statutes administered by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).  However, by the end of the first year of the two-year session, only two bills affecting PERB passed the Legislature and were signed by the Governor.  The two bills are: AB 537 (Bonta) Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: impasse procedures AB 1137 (Gray) Public employee organizations: members: paid leave of absence Both these bills affect only the Meyers Milias Brown Act (MMBA).  I've written a document that summaries the changes brought by these two bills.  You can obtain a copy by…

As introduced, AB 537 would have made dramatic changes to the MMBA. Many of those dramatic changes were removed from the bill as it advanced through the legislature.  As signed by the Governor, AB 537 only amends two sections of the MMBA.  Here’s a closer look at what it does. Voting on a Tentative Agreement AB 537 amends section 3505.1 of the MMBA to provide that: If a tentative agreement is reached by the authorized representatives of the public agency and a recognized employee organization or recognized employee organizations, the governing body shall vote to accept or reject the tentative…