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Bill	Public employee benefits.	(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) permits a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) with less than 3 years of service who enters employment as a member of another public retirement system supported, in whole or in part, by state funds, within 6 months of leaving state service to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund. The law provides that failure to make an election to withdraw accumulated contributions shall be deemed an election to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 399	California AB 399 (20092010)	bill	Public employee benefits.	enacted	Brownley	8	32	8	2009-02-23	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a444629e-8910-4f1c-9068-47715012542c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB399	bb50ee97445c516233089b1289ae66909d1511e47a4f5592824c4da7d9cddcaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 399 (20092010) — Public employee benefits.

(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) permits a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) with less than 3 years of service who enters employment as a member of another public retirement system supported, in whole or in part, by state funds, within 6 months of leaving state service to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund. The law provides that failure to make an election to withdraw accumulated contributions shall be deemed an election to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/26/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB399 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 399 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB399 Brownley Correa — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 399 BROWNLEY Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB399 Brownley By Correa — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brownley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2009-03-09 Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-01 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-27 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1240.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 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
• 2009-06-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-16 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-06-17 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1375.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-06-24 Ordered returned to Senate.
• 2009-06-24 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2009-06-29 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2009-06-29 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-27 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-31 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2009-09-04 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2009-09-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2009-09-08 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2291.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2009-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 3264.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a444629e-8910-4f1c-9068-47715012542c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).