republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3025.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County employees' retirement: disallowed compensation: benefit adjustments."
description: "(1) Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act. PEPRA, among other things, establishes new defined benefit formulas and caps on pensionable compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3025"
citation: "California AB 3025 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County employees' retirement", "benefit adjustments", "disallowed compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff21ef19-b414-47a1-97eb-4a176381d10d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025"
source_hash: "51f875af7ebcb87aec221fddb0181b0a34a06445f80fcb4d5fcca1ba4012dcc1"
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 AB 3025 (20232024) — County employees' retirement: disallowed compensation: benefit adjustments.

(1) Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act. PEPRA, among other things, establishes new defined benefit formulas and caps on pensionable compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302599INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302598AMD)
3. **05/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302597AMD)
4. **06/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302596AMD)
5. **08/13/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302595AMD)
6. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302593CHP)
7. **AB3025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025)
8. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3025&version=20230AB302594ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB3025 Valencia et al. By Min — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3025 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3025 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valencia — primary (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** 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`
- **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5307.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5239.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 6435.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 427, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff21ef19-b414-47a1-97eb-4a176381d10d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).