María Elena Durazo
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 26
Author
Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the University of California constitutes a public trust and require the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California (regents) , a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes, including any competitive bidding procedures as may be applicable to the university by statute for specified purposes, including the purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Existing law requires the regents, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of $100,000 or more annually for goods and materials or services, excepting personal or professional services, to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing policy of the regents establishes a general prohibition on contracting out for services and functions that can be performed by university staff, with certain exceptions, establishes employment standards for contract employees, and provides for the conversion of contract employees to university employment under prescribed circumstances. This bill would make it unlawful for any vendor, as defined, to accept payment from the university pursuant to a contract for prescribed services if the vendor is performing services or supplying the university with employees to perform services who are paid less than the higher of the total compensation rate specified in the vendor's contract with the university or as required by university policy. The bill would require a vendor to provide those employees with prescribed written notice relating to compensation. The bill would require a vendor, twice yearly, to provide basic payroll information, as defined, to the university and members of any joint labor-management committee, as defined. The bill would also require a vendor to provide specified additional written notice, including specific text, relating to the release of basic payroll information, to all employees who agree to perform services for the university or continue doing so. The bill would also require basic payroll information for an individual employee who performs services for the university, on request, to be made available for inspection by that individual employee or that individual employee's authorized representative or to be furnished to that individual employee or that individual employee's authorized representative. The bill would require an auditor, vendor, the university, or any other person who conducts or receives an audit or other finding with regard to whether a vendor has compensated employees at the total compensation rate required by the vendor's contract with the university or university policy to provide that audit or other finding to the university and members of any joint labor-management committee. This bill would authorize an aggrieved employee, as defined, to bring a civil action against a vendor if an aggrieved employee first provides a vendor with written notice of an alleged violation of these provisions, as specified, and provides the vendor the opportunity to correct and cure the violation and the vendor fails to provide prescribed documentation. The bill would require a vendor who receives written notice from an aggrieved employee to provide a copy of that notice to the president of the university within 5 business days. The bill would establish remedies, including penalties and restitution, for prevailing claimants. The bill would require a prevailing claimant to notify the president of the university of the decision. The bill would make its provisions severable.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2615.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3197.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (September 1).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1158.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 576.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Set for hearing March 28.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 306.) (March 8).
Set for hearing March 8.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB27 | HTML |
| 12/05/22 - Introduced | |
| 02/22/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/18/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/25/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/15/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/14/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/08/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/07/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 03/24/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/28/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/16/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/27/23- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 08/21/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/08/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/11/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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