republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2700.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State teachers' retirement: Defined Benefit Supplement Program."
description: "State teachers' retirement: Defined Benefit Supplement Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2700"
citation: "California AB 2700 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State teachers' retirement: Defined Benefit Supplement Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lempert"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/744317c7-9b1b-4eaf-aa5f-a37f03fa0071"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700"
source_hash: "933518e2ebf39f0b7187f408f380202702fb96c0f363ce19c30688eda61b4c00"
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 2700 (19992000) — State teachers' retirement: Defined Benefit Supplement Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700&version=19990AB270099INT)
2. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700&version=19990AB270098AMD)
3. **06/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700&version=19990AB270097AMD)
4. **08/31/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700&version=19990AB270096AMD)
5. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700&version=19990AB270094CHP)
6. **AB2700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700)
7. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2700&version=19990AB270095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2700 LEMPERT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Supp 2 AB2700 Lempert Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2700 LEMPERT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lempert — primary (person)
- Knox — principal coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Thompson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1021, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 5. Page 9038.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6482.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6338.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6338.)
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-07** (Corrected July 13. )
- **2000-08-07** (Corrected July 12. )
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6896.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/744317c7-9b1b-4eaf-aa5f-a37f03fa0071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).