Public employees' retirement: joint county and trial court contracts.
Existing law, the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) , establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to members of the system, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations, and is administered by the Board of Administration (board) of the Public Employees' Retirement System. PERL authorizes a public agency to contract to make its employees members of PERS and prescribes a process for this. Existing law requires, for counties that contract for retirement benefits through PERS for eligible employees as of the implementation date of the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, that a trial court and a county in which the trial court is located jointly participate in the system by joint contract. Existing law requires the board to do one-time, separate computations of the assets and liabilities of 2 counties and the trial courts in the counties. Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , establishes a variety of requirements and restrictions on public employers offering defined benefit pension plans, including limiting the benefits that may be provided to new members.
California SB 548 (20232024) — Public employees' retirement: joint county and trial court contracts.
Existing law, the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) , establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to members of the system, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations, and is administered by the Board of Administration (board) of the Public Employees' Retirement System. PERL authorizes a public agency to contract to make its employees members of PERS and prescribes a process for this. Existing law requires, for counties that contract for retirement benefits through PERS for eligible employees as of the implementation date of the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, that a trial court and a county in which the trial court is located jointly participate in the system by joint contract. Existing law requires the board to do one-time, separate computations of the assets and liabilities of 2 counties and the trial courts in the counties. Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , establishes a variety of requirements and restrictions on public employers offering defined benefit pension plans, including limiting the benefits that may be provided to new members.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 548 Niello Senate Third Reading By Joe Patterson — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB548 Niello Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Niello — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-25 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1174.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1301.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3162.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2734.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 307, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3883f817-56a6-488a-9fdd-fecbf0738f84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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