republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-322.md

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Bill	Retirement.	The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) provides for the preservation of the purchasing power of benefits through a system of adjustments in benefits based on changes in living costs. Existing law also establishes provisions to ensure the federal tax-exempt status of the system and to preserve the deferred treatment of federal income tax on public employer contributions to public employee pensions. Existing federal law limits the amount a defined benefit plan may pay a participant annually, and requires that this limitation be adjusted annually by regulation to account for increases in the cost of living.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 322	California SB 322 (20112012)	bill	Retirement.	enacted	Negrete McLeod	4	16	4	2011-02-14	2011-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4be0b3ef-6430-400a-8833-e346fed6b06f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB322	5673b1b574985a1b32555066fb604409f94b63a8b159e24fa6b98a01c4e52204	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 322 (20112012) — Retirement.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) provides for the preservation of the purchasing power of benefits through a system of adjustments in benefits based on changes in living costs. Existing law also establishes provisions to ensure the federal tax-exempt status of the system and to preserve the deferred treatment of federal income tax on public employer contributions to public employee pensions. Existing federal law limits the amount a defined benefit plan may pay a participant annually, and requires that this limitation be adjusted annually by regulation to account for increases in the cost of living.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/01/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB322 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/17/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB322 Negrete McLeod — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 322 Negrete McLeod Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Set for hearing March 21.
• 2011-03-22 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 416.) (March 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-03-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 458.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-03-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-04-28 Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1959.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2011-06-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 47, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4be0b3ef-6430-400a-8833-e346fed6b06f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).