Ash Kalra
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 25
Author
Existing law creates various transit districts and prescribes requirements applicable to their labor relations, including those that address the recognition and certification of exclusive employee representatives, unit determinations, and procedures for meeting and conferring on matters subject to collective bargaining. Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government as a means of resolving disputes and enforcing the statutory duties and rights of specified public employers and employees under various acts regulating collective bargaining. Existing law includes within PERB's jurisdiction the resolution of disputes alleging violation of rules and regulations adopted by a public agency, as defined, concerning unit determinations, representations, recognition, and elections, as specified. Existing law authorizes PERB to adopt rules and regulations to carry out its purposes, as provided. Existing law does not apply the above provisions to employees of specified public transit agencies. This bill would require a public transit employer, at least 10 months before beginning a procurement process to acquire or deploy any autonomous transit vehicle technology for public transit services that would eliminate job functions or jobs of a workforce, to provide written notice to the exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected by the autonomous transit vehicle technology of its determination to begin that procurement process. The bill would require the public transit employer and exclusive employee representative, upon written request by the exclusive employee representative, to commence collective bargaining within a specified time period on certain subjects, including creating plans to train and prepare the affected workforce to fill new positions created by the autonomous transit vehicle technology. The bill would vest PERB with jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges alleging violations of these provisions, but only as to transit district employers where PERB has jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges. Should an employee organization file an unfair practice charge with PERB, the bill would require PERB's powers and duties to apply, as appropriate, and would require PERB's regulations to apply. The bill would authorize PERB to make additional emergency regulations, as specified.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2023.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3614.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2821.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 3615.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 10. Page 1482.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1406.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 22).
Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB96 | HTML |
| 01/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 05/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/15/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/06/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/18/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/08/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/20/23- Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 03/24/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 05/03/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/13/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 09/12/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/14/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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