---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Retirement System: benefits."
description: "Public Employees' Retirement System: benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 419"
citation: "California AB 419 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-12"
last_action: "2000-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ae12d7-d884-4a3b-8e82-bdc62c22c9a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419"
source_hash: "44ae37be17b39fabb9d2180489142253965a5f1aafe53365119102690d9b5945"
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 419 (19992000) — Public Employees' Retirement System: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419&version=19990AB41999INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419&version=19990AB41997AMD)
3. **01/20/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419&version=19990AB41996AMD)
4. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419&version=19990AB41998AMD)
5. **09/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419&version=19990AB41994CHP)
6. **AB419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419)
7. **08/18/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB419&version=19990AB41995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 419 FIREBAUGH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB419 Firebaugh — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 346, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4950.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (January 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **1999-02-12** 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/d6ae12d7-d884-4a3b-8e82-bdc62c22c9a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).