republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-963.md

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Bill	Teachers' Retirement Law.	Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program. The defined benefit is based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. The State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law establishes the Cash Balance Benefit Program, also administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, as a separate benefit program within the State Teachers' Retirement Plan in order to provide a retirement plan for persons employed to perform creditable service for less than 50% of full-time service.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 963	California AB 963 (20152016)	bill	Teachers' Retirement Law.	enacted	Bonilla	9	29	7	2015-02-26	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/de45d12c-df38-4b35-8d7e-d0779f90808e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB963	74529d57dc84b1b87bcc0470a9663d71f5596501a0adff6de297e33dcb02fa9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 963 (20152016) — Teachers' Retirement Law.

Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program. The defined benefit is based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. The State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law establishes the Cash Balance Benefit Program, also administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, as a separate benefit program within the State Teachers' Retirement Plan in order to provide a retirement plan for persons employed to perform creditable service for less than 50% of full-time service.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB963 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 963 BONILLA Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB963 Bonilla By Pan — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 963 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonilla — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1349.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 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
• 2015-07-01 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
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2409.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-03 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.)
• 2015-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2861.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 782, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de45d12c-df38-4b35-8d7e-d0779f90808e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).