Special death benefits: additional percentages: children of members.
Existing law, the Public Employees' Retirement Law, requires the payment of death benefits to beneficiaries of members and, under certain conditions, the payment of special death benefits. These special death benefits are payable to the surviving spouse and children of certain member categories, among them peace officer and safety member categories, whose deaths are determined to be industrial. Existing law requires an additional percentage of the special death benefit to be paid to the spouses of members who are killed in the performance of their duties, or who die as a result of an accident or an injury caused by external violence or physical force during the performance of their duties, for each of the members' children, as specified, for the lifetime of the surviving spouse.
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SB 850
California SB 850 (20212022)
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Special death benefits: additional percentages: children of members.
California SB 850 (20212022) — Special death benefits: additional percentages: children of members.
Existing law, the Public Employees' Retirement Law, requires the payment of death benefits to beneficiaries of members and, under certain conditions, the payment of special death benefits. These special death benefits are payable to the surviving spouse and children of certain member categories, among them peace officer and safety member categories, whose deaths are determined to be industrial. Existing law requires an additional percentage of the special death benefit to be paid to the spouses of members who are killed in the performance of their duties, or who die as a result of an accident or an injury caused by external violence or physical force during the performance of their duties, for each of the members' children, as specified, for the lifetime of the surviving spouse.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2022-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3168.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
2022-04-04 April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3771.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3928.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 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 5827.) 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.
2022-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 219, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae82caba-1a35-491c-a48e-012f954c748b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).