Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act: procedures relating to employee termination or discipline.
Summary
The Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act provides for negotiations concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between a higher education employer, defined as the Regents of the University of California, the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, and the Trustees of the California State University, and representatives of recognized employee organizations. This bill would require a higher education employer to provide a procedure for all medical and dental interns and residents, persons in accredited resident physician subspecialty programs, and other postgraduate medical and dental trainees in unaccredited programs to challenge a termination of employment or a disciplinary action, as defined, by the employer, after the employee has exhausted available administrative or academic grievance processes, as provided. The bill would prohibit applying that procedure to a termination of employment or disciplinary action based on certain academic or clinical matters.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Aug 2021
Assembly Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Sep 2021
Signed into Law
Oct 2021
Introduced Feb 12, 2021
Signed Oct 6, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Sep 2, 2021 · Assembly May 27, 2021
How they voted
28–6
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Sep 2, 2021
D
Democratic29
89% Yea
R
Republican8
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
3
Oct 6, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 5. Page 2828.).
lower
Sep 2, 2021
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
lower
Sep 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2346.).
upper
Aug 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26).
upper
Jul 15, 2021
Committee
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
upper
Jul 7, 2021
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1694.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
upper
May 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 1637.)
lower
May 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20).
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
lower
Feb 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Freddie Rodriguez
DDemocratic
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