republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1902.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County employees' retirement: Los Angeles County."
description: "Existing law establishes retirement plans, known as Retirement Plan D and Retirement Plan E, that are applicable in the retirement system in Los Angeles County and prescribe procedures for members to transfer between those plans. Under existing law, a member who transfers from Retirement Plan E to Retirement Plan D, as specified, may retire for service-connected or nonservice-connected disability and receive disability benefits under Retirement Plan D only if he or she has either (1) completed 2 continuous years of active service after his or her most recent transfer date, or (2) earned 5 years of retirement service credit under Retirement Plan D after his or her most recent transfer date. Existing law also provides that a member who becomes disabled and retires before meeting either of these conditions (1) may apply for and receive only a deferred or service retirement allowance, and (2) for the purposes of calculating his or her retirement benefits under this section, shall be credited with service under Retirement Plan E, as specified, during any period he or she is totally disabled and is receiving, or eligible to receive, disability benefits, either during or after any elimination or qualifying period, under a disability plan provided by the employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1902"
citation: "California AB 1902 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County employees' retirement: Los Angeles County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-16"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1bd2533-ab19-484a-9560-18c4ae6ee6f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1902"
source_hash: "1b9398106bd3a4e90c31d32eb70be4bb707b5874c2049e0239c2440a043a638b"
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 1902 (20092010) — County employees' retirement: Los Angeles County.

Existing law establishes retirement plans, known as Retirement Plan D and Retirement Plan E, that are applicable in the retirement system in Los Angeles County and prescribe procedures for members to transfer between those plans. Under existing law, a member who transfers from Retirement Plan E to Retirement Plan D, as specified, may retire for service-connected or nonservice-connected disability and receive disability benefits under Retirement Plan D only if he or she has either (1) completed 2 continuous years of active service after his or her most recent transfer date, or (2) earned 5 years of retirement service credit under Retirement Plan D after his or her most recent transfer date. Existing law also provides that a member who becomes disabled and retires before meeting either of these conditions (1) may apply for and receive only a deferred or service retirement allowance, and (2) for the purposes of calculating his or her retirement benefits under this section, shall be credited with service under Retirement Plan E, as specified, during any period he or she is totally disabled and is receiving, or eligible to receive, disability benefits, either during or after any elimination or qualifying period, under a disability plan provided by the employer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1902&version=20090AB190299INT)
2. **03/09/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1902&version=20090AB190298AMD)
3. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1902&version=20090AB190296CHP)
4. **AB1902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1902)
5. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1902&version=20090AB190297ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1902 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #29 AB1902 Portantino — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5085.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-30** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4203.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1bd2533-ab19-484a-9560-18c4ae6ee6f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).