From the State Worker blog: Both bills of interest to ACSS members, AB 790 and SBX8 29, cleared hurdles in the Senate today. AB 790 passed the Senate Public Employees & Retirement Committee and now goes to Senate Appropriations. This bill would ensure state workers are paid full salaries if the budget is not passed by the deadline. SBX8 29 – exempting non-General Fund positions from furlough – passed the Senate and it's on the way to the governor's desk – where he's "very likely to veto" it, a spokesman says.