republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-506.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings."
description: "(1) The State Teachers' Retirement Law limits the amount of postretirement compensation that may be earned in specified types of employment by a retired member of the Defined Benefit Program without a reduction in the retirement benefits of the member. That law, operative until June 30, 2010, provides exemptions from this limit and specifies that the limitation provisions do not apply to compensation earned by a member retired for service who has returned to work after retirement and, for at least 12 consecutive months, has not performed specified activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 506"
citation: "California AB 506 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Furutani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa53581-3470-4b75-89f4-70af9efbf0cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506"
source_hash: "d4b77bd5e1d96424484c5bc2cee4bb6da99f203a56ff7441fe1923bf5c681549"
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 506 (20092010) — State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings.

(1) The State Teachers' Retirement Law limits the amount of postretirement compensation that may be earned in specified types of employment by a retired member of the Defined Benefit Program without a reduction in the retirement benefits of the member. That law, operative until June 30, 2010, provides exemptions from this limit and specifies that the limitation provisions do not apply to compensation earned by a member retired for service who has returned to work after retirement and, for at least 12 consecutive months, has not performed specified activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506&version=20090AB50699INT)
2. **03/18/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506&version=20090AB50698AMD)
3. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506&version=20090AB50697AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506&version=20090AB50695CHP)
5. **AB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506)
6. **08/25/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB506&version=20090AB50696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 506 FURUTANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 506 FURUTANI Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #14 AB506 Furutani — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Furutani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2009-03-12** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** 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`
- **2009-03-19** Re-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`
- **2009-06-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1844.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2658.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2009-09-08** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **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 306, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfa53581-3470-4b75-89f4-70af9efbf0cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).