---
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 provides that death benefits and survivors' allowance are payable to the survivors of a deceased member, as specified. CERL also specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1354"
citation: "California AB 1354 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County employees' retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5ed7e1-b74a-41be-aa48-3d3324efdf26"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354"
source_hash: "4d5afb3562dc3187a3ad9b30073ce8fca22eff92ed8f31ede66c2e8f04b723a2"
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 1354 (20092010) — 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 provides that death benefits and survivors' allowance are payable to the survivors of a deceased member, as specified. CERL also specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354&version=20090AB135499INT)
2. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354&version=20090AB135498AMD)
3. **06/24/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354&version=20090AB135497AMD)
4. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354&version=20090AB135495CHP)
5. **AB1354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354)
6. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1354&version=20090AB135496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1354 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1354 Fong — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1354 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1466.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-16** 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`
- **2010-06-24** 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`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4310.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6082.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
- **2010-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 188, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b5ed7e1-b74a-41be-aa48-3d3324efdf26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).