republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-220.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013: administration."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to specified public employees. Existing law also establishes the Judges' Retirement System and Judges' Retirement System II, which provide pension benefits to judges, as defined, and the Legislators' Retirement System, which provides pension benefits to specified elective officers of the state, other than judges, and to legislative statutory officers. Existing law requires that these systems be administered by the Board of Administration of PERS. Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , on and after January 1, 2013, generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act, as specified. Existing law establishes the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) for the purpose of providing postemployment health care benefits to specified retirees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "California SB 220 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013: administration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14f7a61-c9b8-4259-9d0f-e4f3ed04a882"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220"
source_hash: "252b650b398c63a22012866070af76ae80f5bc7614474a7f5f76e49ee217141f"
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 220 (20132014) — California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013: administration.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to specified public employees. Existing law also establishes the Judges' Retirement System and Judges' Retirement System II, which provide pension benefits to judges, as defined, and the Legislators' Retirement System, which provides pension benefits to specified elective officers of the state, other than judges, and to legislative statutory officers. Existing law requires that these systems be administered by the Board of Administration of PERS. Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , on and after January 1, 2013, generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act, as specified. Existing law establishes the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) for the purpose of providing postemployment health care benefits to specified retirees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22099INT)
2. **03/18/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22098AMD)
3. **04/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22097AMD)
4. **06/17/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22096AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22095AMD)
6. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22093CHP)
7. **SB220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220)
8. **09/06/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB220&version=20130SB22094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB220 Beall Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 220 Beall Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** 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`
- **2013-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** 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`
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 643.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 867.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** 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`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. (Page 2701.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2837.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2133.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 526, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f14f7a61-c9b8-4259-9d0f-e4f3ed04a882`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).