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| Bill | Public employees' retirement. | (1) Existing law, 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 administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law requires STRS to pay premiums associated with Medicare Part A for certain retired or disabled members, as specified. Existing law creates the Cash Balance Benefit Program, which is administered by the board, to provide a retirement plan for the benefit of participating employees who provide creditable service for less than 50% of full time. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20212022 | SB 634 | California SB 634 (20212022) |
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California SB 634 (20212022) — Public employees' retirement.
(1) Existing law, 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 administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law requires STRS to pay premiums associated with Medicare Part A for certain retired or disabled members, as specified. Existing law creates the Cash Balance Benefit Program, which is administered by the board, to provide a retirement plan for the benefit of participating employees who provide creditable service for less than 50% of full time.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 06/14/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 09/16/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- SB634 (committee substitute) — source
- 08/17/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- SB 634 L., P.E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB634 L., P.E. & R. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB634 L., P.E. & R. (Cortese) Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction - 2021-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- 2021-02-22 Read first time.
reading-1 - 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.)
- 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee - 2021-03-10 Set for hearing March 22.
- 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2021-03-24 Set for hearing April 5.
- 2021-04-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
committee-passage, reading-2 - 2021-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1, reading-2 - 2021-04-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 715.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2021-04-08 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. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. 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. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7).
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1, reading-2 - 2021-07-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2374.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2021-07-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- 2021-08-16 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2038.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- 2021-09-16 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2021-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 186, Statutes of 2021.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d891ae4-d089-48c8-948b-50262098f41a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).