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Bill	Public employee benefits.	(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. PERL defines final compensation in this regard for members of certain state bargaining units who became a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2006, or January 1, 2007, with specified exceptions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 966	California AB 966 (20092010)	bill	Public employee benefits.	enacted	Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security	6	22	6	2009-02-26	2009-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0efe0d50-0eab-4593-b614-691ea59061e6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB966	331fe1a68075ec55c3718244e55cf87ab30aa409ba00134838f611d21b099dae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 966 (20092010) — Public employee benefits.

(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. PERL defines final compensation in this regard for members of certain state bargaining units who became a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2006, or January 1, 2007, with specified exceptions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB966 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/15/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 966 P.E., R.& S.S. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 966 P.E., R.& S.S. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By HERNANDEZ — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #12 AB966 Committee on P.E.,R.& S.S.(Hernan — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. referral-committee
• 2009-03-26 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
• 2009-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-11 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1469.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2009-06-02 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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1667.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-07-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2475.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 130, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0efe0d50-0eab-4593-b614-691ea59061e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).