republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-48.md

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Bill	State public employee benefits.	(1) The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, prescribes methods for calculating the state employer contribution for postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their families and for the vesting of these benefits. PEMHCA requires the employer contribution for an employee or annuitant who is in the employment of or retired from state service to be adjusted by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, as specified. PEMHCA prescribes different ways of calculating the employer contributions for employees and annuitants depending on date of hire, years of service, and bargaining unit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 48	California SB 48 (20172018)	bill appropriation	State public employee benefits.	enacted	Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review	5	22	2	2016-12-05	2017-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/68d5b541-5d5d-4c44-b581-bbe81d3ddfec	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB48	3578b4c16e8039d502d517185453246c0bc790b7a28e796241dde876c65e5316	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 48 (20172018) — State public employee benefits.

(1) The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, prescribes methods for calculating the state employer contribution for postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their families and for the vesting of these benefits. PEMHCA requires the employer contribution for an employee or annuitant who is in the employment of or retired from state service to be adjusted by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, as specified. PEMHCA prescribes different ways of calculating the employer contributions for employees and annuitants depending on date of hire, years of service, and bargaining unit.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/30/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB48 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/10/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 48 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — 70–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 12–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
• 2017-01-12 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-01-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Set for hearing February 6 in P.E. & R. pending receipt.
• 2017-02-02 Re-referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Set for hearing February 9 in B. & F.R. pending receipt.
• 2017-02-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F.R. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 162.) (February 6). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4. Page 172.) (February 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 219.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2017-03-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 3.) (March 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 564.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-09 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2017-03-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2017-03-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-03-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68d5b541-5d5d-4c44-b581-bbe81d3ddfec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).