Public employees' retirement: beneficiary payment.
The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to provide defined benefits to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERS is administered by its board of administration. Existing law, applicable to agencies that contract with PERS to provide benefits to their employees, requires a payment of $500 to be made to a beneficiary upon the death of a member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from PERS, unless otherwise provided.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 1168
California SB 1168 (20212022)
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Public employees' retirement: beneficiary payment.
California SB 1168 (20212022) — Public employees' retirement: beneficiary payment.
The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to provide defined benefits to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERS is administered by its board of administration. Existing law, applicable to agencies that contract with PERS to provide benefits to their employees, requires a payment of $500 to be made to a beneficiary upon the death of a member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from PERS, unless otherwise provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
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
SB 1168 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar SB1168 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cortese — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-18 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-04-07 Set for hearing April 18.
2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3415.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-27 Set for hearing May 2.
2022-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3647.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-12 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5828.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-11 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-08-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
2022-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 193, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9251efa-5fa7-4934-9deb-470be64ea07c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).