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Bill State teachers' retirement: compensation. 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 governed by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law defines compensation earnable for the purpose of benefit calculations as the creditable compensation a person could earn in a school year for creditable service performed on a full time basis, and defines creditable compensation as remuneration paid in cash by an employer to all persons in the same class of employees for performing creditable service in that position. Existing law also requires employers to make contributions to the system based on the member's creditable compensation. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 AB 644 California AB 644 (20192020)
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California AB 644 (20192020) — State teachers' retirement: compensation.

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 governed by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law defines compensation earnable for the purpose of benefit calculations as the creditable compensation a person could earn in a school year for creditable service performed on a full time basis, and defines creditable compensation as remuneration paid in cash by an employer to all persons in the same class of employees for performing creditable service in that position. Existing law also requires employers to make contributions to the system based on the member's creditable compensation.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/25/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB644 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/03/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar AB644 P.E. & R. — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 180 (pass) · lower
  • AB 644 P.E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — 760 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Committee on Public Employment and Retirement — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2019-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
  • 2019-02-25 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2019-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1589.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1878.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2019-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2019-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 96, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbba562f-3742-4523-a6ae-d6693e5ea7a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).