---
type: "Bill"
title: "County employees' retirement."
description: "Under existing law, counties and districts may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) . CERL specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement. That law generally permits the board of supervisors of a county or the governing board of a district, by resolution adopted by majority vote and pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, as specified, to make certain formulas for the calculation of benefits for its members based on their classification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 329"
citation: "California AB 329 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County employees' retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f8c445-9647-481d-bf9a-b875a1cb6d69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB329"
source_hash: "5c32cb21e98ea918676c3c3b2e842ee34aab4053e3eeb88a53f5b9e4730ba514"
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 329 (20112012) — County employees' retirement.

Under existing law, counties and districts may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) . CERL specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement. That law generally permits the board of supervisors of a county or the governing board of a district, by resolution adopted by majority vote and pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, as specified, to make certain formulas for the calculation of benefits for its members based on their classification.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB329&version=20110AB32999INT)
2. **03/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB329&version=20110AB32998AMD)
3. **06/13/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB329&version=20110AB32996CHP)
4. **AB329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB329)
5. **05/31/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB329&version=20110AB32997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 329 DICKINSON Third Reading Urgency — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB329 Dickinson By Negrete McLeod Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 812.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1136.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2011-06-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 26, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38f8c445-9647-481d-bf9a-b875a1cb6d69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).