---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment: retirement: survivors' benefits."
description: "Existing law  authorizes, at the discretion of the appointing power, excluded employees to transfer eligible leave credits to an excluded employee when a catastrophic illness or injury occurs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2742"
citation: "California AB 2742 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employment: retirement: survivors' benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakeslee"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/344fdd99-4422-4722-82b1-f59ef0ba8e1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742"
source_hash: "1b6d383d973fa3ed39560b06e59190282ebb7e2ca82c397879c90028aa3303b0"
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 2742 (20092010) — Public employment: retirement: survivors' benefits.

Existing law  authorizes, at the discretion of the appointing power, excluded employees to transfer eligible leave credits to an excluded employee when a catastrophic illness or injury occurs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274299INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274298AMD)
3. **04/13/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274297AMD)
4. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274296AMD)
5. **06/07/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274295AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274293CHP)
7. **AB2742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742)
8. **09/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2742&version=20090AB274294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2742 BLAKESLEE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2742 Concurrence in Senate Amendments By HAGMAN — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2742 Blakeslee By Blakeslee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blakeslee — primary (person)
- Furutani — coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5157.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4767.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6558.)
- **2010-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6597.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/344fdd99-4422-4722-82b1-f59ef0ba8e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).