republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-294.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment: military service: credit."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension and other benefits to public employees, which are funded by employee and employer contributions and investment returns. PERS provides defined benefits to its members based on their final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. Existing law provides a member with an absence due to military service or service with the uniformed services with the right to receive credit for service for the period of that absence and requires the member's employer to contribute both the employee and employer contributions for that period if specified conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "California SB 294 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employment: military service: credit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a6a4895-4fc8-4d9e-b148-7d5eefcf2e12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294"
source_hash: "99cc8a790020d6afdeb47fec2b796caf5b9d1c58bafd8861c06fb3ce9ee63a42"
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 294 (20152016) — Public employment: military service: credit.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension and other benefits to public employees, which are funded by employee and employer contributions and investment returns. PERS provides defined benefits to its members based on their final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. Existing law provides a member with an absence due to military service or service with the uniformed services with the right to receive credit for service for the period of that absence and requires the member's employer to contribute both the employee and employer contributions for that period if specified conditions are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294&version=20150SB29499INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294&version=20150SB29498AMD)
3. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294&version=20150SB29497AMD)
4. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294&version=20150SB29495CHP)
5. **SB294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294)
6. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB294&version=20150SB29496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 294 Pan Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)
- Nielsen — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-04** 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`
- **2016-01-04** (Corrected January 6)
- **2016-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-08** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2016-01-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2908.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-16** Set for hearing January 19.
- **2016-01-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-01-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2943.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** 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. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (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 canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5777.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-16** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5140.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 707, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a6a4895-4fc8-4d9e-b148-7d5eefcf2e12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).