republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-294.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public retirement: leave of absence: service credit."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to state employees and employees of contracting agencies. Existing law requires administration of PERS by the Board of Administration of PERS. Existing law creates the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, as a trust fund to be expended for purposes related to the system and its administration, and into which employee contributions are deposited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "California SB 294 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public retirement: leave of absence: service credit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d2923d3-e776-49f3-aaab-cd758a3c3714"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB294"
source_hash: "f2983da55962ea91488f89402bf79fcee7c690f60d4e37dbe4fc4ed41aedadb0"
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 SB 294 (20212022) — Public retirement: leave of absence: service credit.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to state employees and employees of contracting agencies. Existing law requires administration of PERS by the Board of Administration of PERS. Existing law creates the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, as a trust fund to be expended for purposes related to the system and its administration, and into which employee contributions are deposited.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB294&version=20210SB29499INT)
2. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB294&version=20210SB29498AMD)
3. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB294&version=20210SB29496CHP)
4. **SB294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB294)
5. **08/27/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB294&version=20210SB29497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB294 Leyva et al. Concurrence — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB294 Leyva et al. — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 294 Leyva Senate Third Reading By O'Donnell — **58–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leyva — primary (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Set for hearing March 8.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 406.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2021-03-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1004.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** June 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (July 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 2408.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2117.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 539, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d2923d3-e776-49f3-aaab-cd758a3c3714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).