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type: "Bill"
title: "The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937."
description: "Existing law, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, authorizes counties to establish retirement systems, as specified, in order to provide pension benefits to county, city, and district employees. Existing law defines a district for these purposes and includes specified county retirement systems within the definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1291"
citation: "California AB 1291 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a027b2-5ffa-4d19-8df7-6de2540cebf1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1291"
source_hash: "2179f2e814324103a3879da71d8be1c65981b4d9616cf4b2cb4f041c00addc3f"
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 1291 (20152016) — The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
Existing law, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, authorizes counties to establish retirement systems, as specified, in order to provide pension benefits to county, city, and district employees. Existing law defines a district for these purposes and includes specified county retirement systems within the definition.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1291&version=20150AB129199INT)
2. **05/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1291&version=20150AB129198AMD)
3. **08/17/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1291&version=20150AB129196CHP)
4. **AB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1291)
5. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1291&version=20150AB129197ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB1291 Williams By Pavley — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **40** (pass) · upper
- AB 1291 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 1291 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **770** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1381.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1784.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2316.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a027b2-5ffa-4d19-8df7-6de2540cebf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).