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type: "Bill"
title: "California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013: joint powers authority: employees."
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 authorizes individuals who were employed by any public employer before January 1, 2013, and who became employed by a subsequent public employer for the first time on or after January 1, 2013, to be subject to the retirement plan that would have been available to employees of the subsequent employer who were first employed by the subsequent employer on or before December 31, 2012, if the individual was subject to reciprocity, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1251"
citation: "California SB 1251 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013: joint powers authority: employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73019c9f-9b2e-4a24-924e-afaa2576d6e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251"
source_hash: "6a9eca2167a25bd3b88b1b68908a17ed6d5695df4cd8f3c44c7be18ca5a926fa"
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 SB 1251 (20132014) — California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013: joint powers authority: employees.
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 authorizes individuals who were employed by any public employer before January 1, 2013, and who became employed by a subsequent public employer for the first time on or after January 1, 2013, to be subject to the retirement plan that would have been available to employees of the subsequent employer who were first employed by the subsequent employer on or before December 31, 2012, if the individual was subject to reciprocity, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125199INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125198AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125197AMD)
4. **04/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125196AMD)
5. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125195AMD)
6. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125194AMD)
7. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125192CHP)
8. **SB1251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251)
9. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1251&version=20130SB125193ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14**360** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1251 Huff Concurrence — **340** (pass) · upper
- SB 1251 Huff Senate Third Reading By CONWAY — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Huff — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3217.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3467.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6341.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6488.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4910.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 757, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73019c9f-9b2e-4a24-924e-afaa2576d6e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).