republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement: service credit: payments."
description: "(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERL vests management and control of PERS in the Board of Administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2196"
citation: "California AB 2196 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement: service credit: payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce269892-e417-40e0-9d55-00c32fc19216"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2196"
source_hash: "e749648c7d1dcef37dc21854cc27249ef63e5aa1b052c22b467e40e84d0fce43"
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 2196 (20172018) — Public employees' retirement: service credit: payments.

(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERL vests management and control of PERS in the Board of Administration.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2196&version=20170AB219699INT)
2. **06/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2196&version=20170AB219698AMD)
3. **08/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2196&version=20170AB219696CHP)
4. **AB2196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2196)
5. **08/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2196&version=20170AB219697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2196 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2196 COOPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2196 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5130.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **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 5039.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6137.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2018-08-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 168, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce269892-e417-40e0-9d55-00c32fc19216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).