---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Teachers' Retirement System: benefits."
description: "State Teachers' Retirement System: benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 819"
citation: "California AB 819 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Teachers' Retirement System: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f00a175-d62c-4a68-85b2-fd84d4ba288f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819"
source_hash: "8d752f8dedd98aa336b6001c377ab27174f10ef1f76680014d8cfd0b81c57e1c"
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 819 (19992000) — State Teachers' Retirement System: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819&version=19990AB81999INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819&version=19990AB81998AMD)
3. **06/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819&version=19990AB81997AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819&version=19990AB81996AMD)
5. **09/23/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819&version=19990AB81994CHP)
6. **AB819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819)
7. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB819&version=19990AB81995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 819 P.E., R. & S. CONCURRENCE BY CORREA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB819 Committee on P.E.R.S. & S. (Corre By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 3453.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2601.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1777.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** 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`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/9f00a175-d62c-4a68-85b2-fd84d4ba288f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).