--- type: "Bill" title: "Retirement: joint powers authorities." description: "The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 443" citation: "California SB 443 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Retirement", "jointpowersauthorities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"] version_count: 7 action_count: 24 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-18" last_action: "2025-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f80806ea-196a-49ce-88fe-cf40142fba8c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443" source_hash: "4acacc3e1cba40ce1756933266eace37713abb4a8d870dfe7eae879bcfc9e74c" 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 SB 443 (20252026) — Retirement: joint powers authorities. The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44399INT) 2. **03/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44398AMD) 3. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44397AMD) 4. **08/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44396AMD) 5. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44394CHP) 6. **SB443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443) 7. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44395ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - SB 443 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Harabedian — **76–1** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB443 Rubio Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Rubio — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-18** Set for hearing March 26. - **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 567.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 7. - **2025-04-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1462.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on P. E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-28** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2815.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2511.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 756, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f80806ea-196a-49ce-88fe-cf40142fba8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).