---
type: "Bill"
title: "State teachers' retirement: retirement incentive."
description: "State teachers' retirement: retirement incentive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1207"
citation: "California AB 1207 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State teachers' retirement: retirement incentive."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60fb78a5-9446-4f48-80bf-a8993596c91c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207"
source_hash: "9699d570d52202b7807ab13bcc4c6babc4882b59000e19dfee97486b87818ba2"
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 1207 (20032004) — State teachers' retirement: retirement incentive.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120799INT)
2. **03/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120798AMD)
3. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120797AMD)
4. **04/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120796AMD)
5. **04/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120794AMD)
6. **05/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120793AMD)
7. **05/20/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120792AMD)
8. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120791AMD)
9. **07/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120790AMD)
10. **07/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120789AMD)
11. **09/05/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120787CHP)
12. **AB1207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207)
13. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1207&version=20030AB120788ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1207 corbett assembly third reading urgency — **fail** (fail) · lower
- committee amendments. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1207 corbett by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1207 corbett by karnette urgency clause — **fail** (fail) · upper
- ab 1207 corbett assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1207 corbett concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1207 corbett by karnette — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)
- Denham — principal coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 9. Page 3092.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 1956.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 1875.) Amended pursuant to Joint Rule 23.5. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 1055.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Karnette. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1055.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). 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. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time and amended pursuant to Joint Rule 23.5. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 0. Page 1252.) `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). Read second time and amended. Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 46. Noes 0. Page 1251.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1100.) From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived (Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security) (Page 940). From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Joint Rule 62(a) and Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Appropriations) (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 939.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/60fb78a5-9446-4f48-80bf-a8993596c91c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).