republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2052.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Teachers' Retirement System: contributions due to system: form."
description: "Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) 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. STRS is administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board. The Defined Benefit Program is funded by employer and employee contributions, as well as investment returns and state appropriations, which are deposited or credited to the Teachers' Retirement Fund. Existing law establishes the Cash Balance Benefit Program, 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. Existing law prescribes requirements for the payment of required employer and member contributions to the system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2052"
citation: "California AB 2052 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Teachers' Retirement System: contributions due to system: form."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41248c5-635a-43f9-b135-5e722a6468d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2052"
source_hash: "598351fd7cc337890fa27e15c3f9bcb59d54b82a1be860b491c5a57d3e23c6e6"
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 2052 (20172018) — State Teachers' Retirement System: contributions due to system: form.

Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) 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. STRS is administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board. The Defined Benefit Program is funded by employer and employee contributions, as well as investment returns and state appropriations, which are deposited or credited to the Teachers' Retirement Fund. Existing law establishes the Cash Balance Benefit Program, 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. Existing law prescribes requirements for the payment of required employer and member contributions to the system.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2052&version=20170AB205299INT)
2. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2052&version=20170AB205297CHP)
3. **AB2052** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2052)
4. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2052&version=20170AB205298ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2052 BONTA Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2052 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4644.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5038.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41248c5-635a-43f9-b135-5e722a6468d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).