---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees retirement."
description: "Public employees retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 232"
citation: "California AB 232 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-28"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6285e5a-c2ef-4d08-bd80-b3828d8bf278"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB232"
source_hash: "011de284b68fd3c779ea3f390ad14eb7d6849a5b0794ba2612316aeefc81daf0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 232 (19992000) — Public employees retirement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/28/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB232&version=19990AB23299INT)
2. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB232&version=19990AB23298AMD)
3. **AB232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB232)
4. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB232&version=19990AB23297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Supp 1 AB232 Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 232 ALQUIST THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 232 ALQUIST CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 800, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 4432.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 3195.) `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 9. Page 954.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (March 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **1999-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6285e5a-c2ef-4d08-bd80-b3828d8bf278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).