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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public employees: benefits."
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description: "Public employees: benefits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20072008"
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identifier: "AB 554"
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citation: "California AB 554 (20072008)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public employees: benefits."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2007-02-21"
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last_action: "2007-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b09c91fb-6fdd-4e28-be60-834fcf917cb4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554"
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source_hash: "a4ba3f664d07bdd682141796615cd7d56934a791636e0d2fafbcdccb3a6c890c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 554 (20072008) — Public employees: benefits.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554&version=20070AB55499INT)
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2. **06/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554&version=20070AB55498AMD)
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3. **08/23/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554&version=20070AB55497AMD)
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4. **10/08/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554&version=20070AB55495CHP)
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5. **AB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554)
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6. **09/14/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554&version=20070AB55496ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 554 HERNANDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB554 Hernandez By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 554 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hernandez — primary (person)
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- Ridley-Thomas — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1876.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
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- **2007-06-18** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
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- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2007-07-09** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
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- **2007-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
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- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 2372.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3142.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2007-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2007-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2007-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2007.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b09c91fb-6fdd-4e28-be60-834fcf917cb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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