---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Retirement System: nonprofit mutual water companies."
description: "Public Employees' Retirement System: nonprofit mutual water companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1936"
citation: "California AB 1936 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: nonprofit mutual water companies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-12"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed26344-c1c8-477c-aef9-220a6785fa93"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1936"
source_hash: "3a90fb9ade66c53e2785e94d76fb9bb2b8a3e13cd0bafc287291013c676c57dc"
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 1936 (20072008) — Public Employees' Retirement System: nonprofit mutual water companies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1936&version=20070AB193699INT)
2. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1936&version=20070AB193698AMD)
3. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1936&version=20070AB193696CHP)
4. **AB1936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1936)
5. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1936&version=20070AB193697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1936 Emmerson By Dutton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1936 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4750.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 4604.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed26344-c1c8-477c-aef9-220a6785fa93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).