---
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 99"
citation: "California AB 99 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-17"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb8e752-504d-4c8d-a7ec-6131705a51a2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99"
source_hash: "31c036a299d45b635fa9e53a55bd4543988406e5c63f7179559ad626db2fc245"
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 99 (19992000) — Public Employees' Retirement System: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/17/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99&version=19990AB9999INT)
2. **03/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99&version=19990AB9998AMD)
3. **06/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99&version=19990AB9997AMD)
4. **08/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99&version=19990AB9996AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99&version=19990AB9994CHP)
6. **AB99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99)
7. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB99&version=19990AB9995ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 99 CEDILLO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB99 Cedillo By Baca — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 99 CEDILLO CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 801, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3632.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 2647.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-07** 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`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. 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 72. Noes 0. Page 960.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1998-12-18** From printer. May be heard in committee January 17.
- **1998-12-17** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fb8e752-504d-4c8d-a7ec-6131705a51a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).