---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement: service credit."
description: "Public employees' retirement: service credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 676"
citation: "California AB 676 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement: service credit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakanishi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea18c69-bd0c-4d6e-ab81-e66864202ede"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB676"
source_hash: "dafc1200236c3ff307e36c5ea962b2a3c940edd819bb49e0efff944ce355b683"
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 676 (20032004) — Public employees' retirement: service credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB676&version=20030AB67699INT)
2. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB676&version=20030AB67698AMD)
3. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB676&version=20030AB67696CHP)
4. **AB676** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB676)
5. **09/04/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB676&version=20030AB67697ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab676 nakanishi — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 676 nakanishi assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakanishi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2348.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-06-25** 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-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2117.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/8ea18c69-bd0c-4d6e-ab81-e66864202ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).