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Bill	State teachers' retirement.	The 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 provides exemptions from this limit and until June 30, 2012, 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 178	California AB 178 (20112012)	bill	State teachers' retirement.	enacted	Gorell	7	29	7	2011-01-24	2012-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/72c43d5b-3961-4cac-9482-a6642f25cd6e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB178	4ed3fbb26809830bfbec4fe8da3430bc5b7f9b61a6682bd23c3c5463e25845c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 178 (20112012) — State teachers' retirement.

The 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 provides exemptions from this limit and until June 30, 2012, 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. 01/24/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB178 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 178 GORELL Assembly Third Reading By WILLIAMS — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB178 Gorell By Cannella Urgency Clause — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 178 GORELL Concurrence - Urgency Added — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gorell — primary (person)
• Ma — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-01-25 From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
• 2011-02-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-22 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1702.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
• 2012-05-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-06-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-06-14 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-06-19 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-07-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4282.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-07-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-07-05 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 5594.)
• 2012-07-05 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5594.)
• 2012-07-05 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5612.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-07-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
• 2012-07-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-07-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72c43d5b-3961-4cac-9482-a6642f25cd6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).