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. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems.
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. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1203 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By BONTA — 74–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 18–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 29–4 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hertzberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-04-06 Set for hearing April 11.
2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 3497.) (April 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-15 Set for hearing April 25.
2016-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4006.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 4048.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-06 Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-29 June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 5922.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2016-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 729, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2bda21a-5f35-4268-8cf5-6505a89ba5f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).