---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employee benefits."
description: "Public employee benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2156"
citation: "California AB 2156 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employee benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33928ace-b05f-4d57-b0b9-1f665a1c23ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2156"
source_hash: "28c87bf8ca25d3faf8180e8521d55acccd26c6379e0be9d5865ac885e779af61"
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 2156 (20072008) — Public employee benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2156&version=20070AB215699INT)
2. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2156&version=20070AB215698AMD)
3. **07/08/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2156&version=20070AB215696CHP)
4. **AB2156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2156)
5. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2156&version=20070AB215697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2156 HERNANDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2156 Hernandez — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4926.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** 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 5. 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`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4457.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 74, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33928ace-b05f-4d57-b0b9-1f665a1c23ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).