republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Teachers' Retirement System: funding."
description: "Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. The Defined Benefit Program is funded by employer and employee contributions, investment returns, and state appropriations, which are deposited or credited to the Teachers' Retirement Fund. Existing law prescribes methods for calculating the amounts of employer and employee contributions as well as state appropriations for support of the system. For the 2017–18 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, existing law requires the board to increase or decrease certain percentages relating to the state appropriation to reflect the contribution required to eliminate the unfunded actuarial obligation of the system. Existing law prohibits these requirements from being construed as applicable to any unfunded actuarial obligation resulting from any benefit increase or change in member or employer contribution rate under this part that occurs after July 1, 1990."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1353"
citation: "California SB 1353 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Teachers' Retirement System: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/757f7d6b-6531-4fb2-ae56-1d1205be60cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353"
source_hash: "f5f0e07760b391867176d74c17c9f656ebb9e51c7237229449ad756aacc4678a"
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 1353 (20152016) — State Teachers' Retirement System: funding.

Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. The Defined Benefit Program is funded by employer and employee contributions, investment returns, and state appropriations, which are deposited or credited to the Teachers' Retirement Fund. Existing law prescribes methods for calculating the amounts of employer and employee contributions as well as state appropriations for support of the system. For the 2017–18 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, existing law requires the board to increase or decrease certain percentages relating to the state appropriation to reflect the contribution required to eliminate the unfunded actuarial obligation of the system. Existing law prohibits these requirements from being construed as applicable to any unfunded actuarial obligation resulting from any benefit increase or change in member or employer contribution rate under this part that occurs after July 1, 1990.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353&version=20150SB135399INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353&version=20150SB135398AMD)
3. **06/08/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353&version=20150SB135397AMD)
4. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353&version=20150SB135395CHP)
5. **SB1353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1353&version=20150SB135396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1353 Pan Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1353 Pan Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 3497.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3611.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 3806.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **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** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5721.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4819.) Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-11** Set for hearing August 15.
- **2016-08-15** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4993.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5358.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/757f7d6b-6531-4fb2-ae56-1d1205be60cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).