AB 1510 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: employee relations.

Summary

Existing law, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Act, establishes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services and the operation of public transit in the County of Santa Clara. 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, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Existing law vests PERB with jurisdiction to enforce certain provisions related to the authority's employees, over charges of unfair practices for represented authority employees, subject to a selection by an exclusive representative. Existing law, in the case of such a selection, gives PERB jurisdiction over the initial determination as to whether those charges are justified and, if so, the appropriate remedy, subject to certain restrictions. This bill would authorize any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of PERB in an unfair practice case, except a decision of PERB not to issue a complaint in such a case, to petition for a writ of extraordinary relief from that decision or order, as specified. The bill, if the time to petition for extraordinary relief from a PERB decision or order has expired, would authorize PERB to seek enforcement of any final decision or order in a district court of appeal or superior court having jurisdiction over the county where the events giving rise to the decision or order occurred, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the authority.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Aug 2025

Signed into Law

Oct 2025

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Signed Oct 7, 2025

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03/04/25 - Introduced → 05/28/25 - Amended Senate · 4 edits · May 28, 2025

MODERATE

The Senate amendment to AB 1510 doubles the maximum period during which state employees on active duty as a result of the War on Terrorism can receive state-paid compensation and benefits from 365 to 730 cumulative calendar days, and aligns the insurance premium reimbursement period to the same 730-day cap. The amendment also cleans up cross-references to the repealed Bosnia crisis provision (Section 19775.16) in other sections of the bill.

ELIGIBILITY

Section 19775.18(b): The maximum period for which a state employee on War on Terrorism active duty receives state-paid compensation (the difference between military pay and state salary, plus merit raises and benefits) is increased from 365 to 730 cumulative calendar days.

FISCAL

Section 19775.18(d): The maximum period for state reimbursement of insurance premiums for employees who elected a federally sponsored income protection program is set at 730 cumulative calendar days, matching the new pay/benefits cap.

TECHNICAL

Sections 19775.17(f) and 19775.18(g): Removed cross-references to Section 19775.16 (the Bosnia crisis provision being repealed by this bill), so the exclusion now only references Section 19775.17 or 19775.18 as applicable.

Section 100312(c): Minor grammatical change adding 'the' before 'hearing' ('after hearing' to 'after the hearing'). Section 5: Changed hyphenated 'cost-effectively' to open compound 'cost effectively'.

06/13/25 - Amended Senate → 09/04/25 - Enrolled · 3 edits · Sep 4, 2025

MINOR

The enrolled version of AB 1510 removed all provisions related to military reserve and National Guard benefits for state employees (amendments to Government Code Sections 19775.16, 19775.17, and 19775.18), leaving only the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) employee relations provisions. The bill's scope was dramatically narrowed from a two-part bill covering both military benefits and VTA labor dispute resolution to a single-purpose bill addressing only VTA unfair practice proceedings before PERB.

Scope change

The bill's scope was reduced from covering two distinct policy areas (state employee military reserve benefits AND VTA labor dispute resolution) to covering only VTA labor dispute resolution. The Government Code amendments providing pay, benefits, and insurance premium reimbursement for state employees called to active duty were entirely dropped from the enrolled version.

SCOPE

All amendments to Government Code Sections 19775.16, 19775.17, and 19775.18 were removed. This included the repeal of Bosnia crisis-era benefits (Section 19775.16), the increase of maximum active duty benefit period from 180 to 730 cumulative calendar days for general military orders (Section 19775.17), and the War on Terrorism benefits provisions including the 730-day cap and Governor's authority to extend by up to 1,460 additional days (Section 19775.18).

The bill title was narrowed from 'An act to amend Sections 19775.17 and 19775.18 of, and to repeal Section 19775.16 of, the Government Code, and to add Section 100312 to the Public Utilities Code' to simply 'An act to add Section 100312 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public employees.'

TECHNICAL

The VTA/PERB provisions (adding Public Utilities Code Section 100312) were renumbered from Sections 4 and 5 to Sections 1 and 2 in the enrolled version, reflecting the removal of the preceding military benefits sections. The substantive content of these provisions is unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 25, 2025 · Assembly May 12, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Aug 25, 2025

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

9 Yea 1

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Amendments

Oct 7, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Sep 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2808.).

lower

Aug 26, 2025

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Aug 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.).

upper

Aug 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

upper

Jul 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jun 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

upper

Jun 13, 2025

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

May 28, 2025

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

upper

May 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

upper

May 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1520.)

lower

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.

lower

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