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, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law requires employers and employees to make contributions to the system based on the member's creditable compensation. Existing law defines terms for the purposes of STRS.
California AB 1997 (20232024) — Teachers' Retirement Law.
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, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law requires employers and employees to make contributions to the system based on the member's creditable compensation. Existing law defines terms for the purposes of STRS.
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] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1997 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McKinnor — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
2024-02-12 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5410.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-24 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ff73582-43da-417c-a66e-d8785e8990b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).