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Bill	County employees' retirement: system personnel.	The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) authorizes counties to establish retirement systems pursuant to its provisions in order to provide pension benefits to their employees. CERL authorizes the retirement boards of 5 specified counties to appoint assistant administrators and chief investment officers who, following appointment, are outside county charter, civil service, and merit system rules, except as specified. CERL provides that these administrators and officers are employees of the county, as specified, while serving at the pleasure of the appointing boards, and that they may be dismissed without cause.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1270	California SB 1270 (20172018)	bill	County employees' retirement: system personnel.	enacted	Vidak	4	17	4	2018-02-16	2018-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/815cd8f0-efa2-4c13-9757-dae846e5b90e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1270	a995cb5f1c1af427786bd90994355a3e3c533b77c91e058fe64e2442b31a365f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1270 (20172018) — County employees' retirement: system personnel.

The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) authorizes counties to establish retirement systems pursuant to its provisions in order to provide pension benefits to their employees. CERL authorizes the retirement boards of 5 specified counties to appoint assistant administrators and chief investment officers who, following appointment, are outside county charter, civil service, and merit system rules, except as specified. CERL provides that these administrators and officers are employees of the county, as specified, while serving at the pleasure of the appointing boards, and that they may be dismissed without cause.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/16/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1270 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1270 Vidak Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Vidak — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4605.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4763.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
• 2018-05-17 June 6 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-06-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6033.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-28 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2018-07-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 114, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/815cd8f0-efa2-4c13-9757-dae846e5b90e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).