CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1530Introduced by Assembly Member OrtegaFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 3555 of the Government Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1530, as introduced, Ortega. Public employment: communication with exclusive representatives.Existing law generally grants public employees the right to join employee organizations and to be represented by those organizations in their employment relation. Existing law requires a public employer, as specified, to provide the exclusive representative of those employees mandatory access to certain information and to provide public employees with reasonable leaves of absence without loss of compensation or other benefits for purposes related to that representation, as specified. Existing law makes findings and declarations related to these provisions, including that it is the intent of the Legislature that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members, as described.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision establishing the above-described legislative findings.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 3555 of the Government Code is amended to read:3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1530Introduced by Assembly Member OrtegaFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 3555 of the Government Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1530, as introduced, Ortega. Public employment: communication with exclusive representatives.Existing law generally grants public employees the right to join employee organizations and to be represented by those organizations in their employment relation. Existing law requires a public employer, as specified, to provide the exclusive representative of those employees mandatory access to certain information and to provide public employees with reasonable leaves of absence without loss of compensation or other benefits for purposes related to that representation, as specified. Existing law makes findings and declarations related to these provisions, including that it is the intent of the Legislature that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members, as described.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision establishing the above-described legislative findings.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1530
Introduced by Assembly Member OrtegaFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega
February 17, 2023
An act to amend Section 3555 of the Government Code, relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1530, as introduced, Ortega. Public employment: communication with exclusive representatives.
Existing law generally grants public employees the right to join employee organizations and to be represented by those organizations in their employment relation. Existing law requires a public employer, as specified, to provide the exclusive representative of those employees mandatory access to certain information and to provide public employees with reasonable leaves of absence without loss of compensation or other benefits for purposes related to that representation, as specified. Existing law makes findings and declarations related to these provisions, including that it is the intent of the Legislature that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members, as described.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision establishing the above-described legislative findings.
Existing law generally grants public employees the right to join employee organizations and to be represented by those organizations in their employment relation. Existing law requires a public employer, as specified, to provide the exclusive representative of those employees mandatory access to certain information and to provide public employees with reasonable leaves of absence without loss of compensation or other benefits for purposes related to that representation, as specified. Existing law makes findings and declarations related to these provisions, including that it is the intent of the Legislature that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members, as described.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision establishing the above-described legislative findings.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 3555 of the Government Code is amended to read:3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3555 of the Government Code is amended to read:3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.
SECTION 1. Section 3555 of the Government Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.
3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.
3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.
3555. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of state labor relations statutes, and the exclusive representative cannot properly discharge its legal obligations obligations, unless it is able to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees on whose behalf it acts. In most cases, that communication includes an opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer questions. That communication is necessary for harmonious public employment relations and is a matter of statewide concern. Therefore, it is the Legislatures intent that recognized exclusive representatives of Californias public employees be provided meaningful access to their represented members as described in this chapter chapter, unless expressly prohibited by law.