republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement: State Bargaining Unit 5: contribution rates."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) provides a comprehensive set of rights and benefits based upon age, service credit, and final compensation for members of the Public Employees' Retirement System. PERL provides that the contribution rate for state miscellaneous members and specified state industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol) is 11% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system and 10% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to that member whose service has been included in the federal system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2140"
citation: "California AB 2140 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement: State Bargaining Unit 5: contribution rates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de0855fe-96e6-4222-9156-b94c6731ebe5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2140"
source_hash: "0b58a50145492c072cc2a648bd0d4338f9e9faf998bfdb0a313d3cb84c838d17"
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 2140 (20112012) — Public employees' retirement: State Bargaining Unit 5: contribution rates.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) provides a comprehensive set of rights and benefits based upon age, service credit, and final compensation for members of the Public Employees' Retirement System. PERL provides that the contribution rate for state miscellaneous members and specified state industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol) is 11% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system and 10% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to that member whose service has been included in the federal system.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2140&version=20110AB214099INT)
2. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2140&version=20110AB214097CHP)
3. **AB2140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2140)
4. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2140&version=20110AB214098ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2140 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2140 Lara By Negrete McLeod — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5055.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4641.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 249, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de0855fe-96e6-4222-9156-b94c6731ebe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).