republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1783.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement."
description: "The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. PEPRA exempts from its provisions public employees whose collective bargaining rights are subject to specified provisions of federal law until a specified federal district court decision on a certification by the United States Secretary of Labor, or until January 1, 2015, whichever is sooner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1783"
citation: "California AB 1783 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683dde05-d3a5-462b-a2c5-fe1a485110c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783"
source_hash: "6020bf61c2680d2f018c44abb0b020c4196b670b7269430c8ed2a4b24c0e6bf2"
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 1783 (20132014) — Public employees' retirement.

The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. PEPRA exempts from its provisions public employees whose collective bargaining rights are subject to specified provisions of federal law until a specified federal district court decision on a certification by the United States Secretary of Labor, or until January 1, 2015, whichever is sooner.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783&version=20130AB178399INT)
2. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783&version=20130AB178398AMD)
3. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783&version=20130AB178397AMD)
4. **08/25/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783&version=20130AB178396AMD)
5. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783&version=20130AB178394CHP)
6. **AB1783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783)
7. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1783&version=20130AB178395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1783 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Supp 1 AB1783 Jones-Sawyer By DeSaulnier Urgency Clause — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1783 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **56–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 5250.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-08-18** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-21** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Page 4700.)
- **2014-08-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4735.)
- **2014-08-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (August 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4974.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6720.)
- **2014-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6726.)
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6726.)
- **2014-08-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6732.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683dde05-d3a5-462b-a2c5-fe1a485110c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).