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Senate approves AB 138 to ratify state employee agreements; motion to shorten review draws objections
Summary
The Senate passed Assembly Bill 138, a budget trailer bill that ratifies multiple state labor agreements and suspends a return‑to‑office order for certain employees. A separate motion to shorten review time for the measure drew objections from a senator who argued the Legislature lacked detailed analyses from the LAO.
The California State Senate on July 17 approved Assembly Bill 138 (AB 138), a budget trailer bill that ratifies recently negotiated labor agreements and implements short‑term changes to state employee policies.
Senator Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco), who brought AB 138 to the floor, said the measure ratifies a new contract with bargaining unit 16 (physicians and dentists), authorizes a one‑year suspension of a return‑to‑office executive order for members of the professional scientists unit, and codifies 16 labor agreements signed between June 21 and June 30 as…
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