CA SB 129
Title: Labor.
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Summary
SB 129, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Labor. (1) Existing law creates the Department of Human Resources in an effort to better serve the human resources and personnel needs of the state. Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, which is administered by the State Department of Social Services, counties, and other entities, under which qualified aged, blind, or disabled persons are provided with supportive services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes.This bill would require the Department of Human Resources, in collaboration with the State Department of Social Services, to appoint a statewide bargaining advisory committee to review the full cost of care for IHSS provided through the IHSS program under a statewide collective bargaining model. The bill would require the advisory committee to submit reports, between January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2029, to the Legislature containing completed analyses covering key issues associated with any transition of IHSS to statewide bargaining, as specified. To inform the advisory committee’s work, the bill would require the State Department of Social Services to provide a report to the advisory committee on approaches for cost containment associated with a statewide collective bargaining model in the In-Home Supportive Services program, no later than July 1, 2027. The bill would authorize the Department of Human Resources to enter into any contracts necessary for the performance of its duties under these provisions. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that, upon submission of the completed analyses, the process of transitioning IHSS to a statewide collective bargaining model may commence and this may occur no earlier than January 1, 2030.(2) Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, regulates employment with the state and vests in the Department of Human Resources all powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system. Existing law requires the department to designate positions of a high administrative and policy-influencing character for inclusion in or removal from the category of civil service appointment called “career executive assignments,” subject to review by the State Personnel Board, as provided.Under existing law, when an employee is disabled, whether temporarily or permanently, the employee is entitled, subject to certain conditions, to receive specified nonindustrial disability benefits, unless a memorandum of understanding conflicts with this requirement. Existing law defines “employee” for purposes of those provisions as a permanent or probationary full-time, part-time, or intermittent state officer or employee, as specified.This bill would, effective October 1, 2025, for a disability benefit period commencing on or after July 1, 2025, additionally include a state officer or employee appointed to a career executive assignment in that definition of “employee.” The bill would require these employees claiming benefits for a certain disability benefit period to file a completed claim no later than 41 days following the effective date of this provision.(3) The Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pensions and benefits to state employees and their beneficiaries and prescribes the rights and duties of employers participating in the system. Under PERL, benefits are funded by investment income and employer and employee contributions, which are deposited into the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated trust fund administered by the system’s board of administration.PERL prescribes methods for the calculation and payment of the state employer contribution for its employees who are PERS members. PERL provides for an annual adjustment of the state’s contribution in the budget and quarterly appropriations to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund from the General Fund
Status
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
Bill Documents
CA SB 129 - 06/24/25 - Amended Assembly
06/24/25 - CA SB 129 (06/24/25 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 129 - 01/23/25 - Introduced
01/23/25 - CA SB 129 (01/23/25 - Introduced)