republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-301.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees."
description: "Existing law, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) , prescribes the rights, benefits, and duties of members of the retirement systems established pursuant to its provisions. Existing law prohibits a resolution, ordinance, contract, or contract amendment under CERL from providing retirement benefits for some, but not all, general members of a county or district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "California SB 301 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CountyEmployeesRetirementLawof1937", "employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/948876e0-cbd8-437c-a4fc-4479e80cd8fe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301"
source_hash: "68c943ef9081003693f3a4b3e976e86ae12f4cdfc6192ceaed2e821ef354b7fa"
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 SB 301 (20252026) — County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.

Existing law, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) , prescribes the rights, benefits, and duties of members of the retirement systems established pursuant to its provisions. Existing law prohibits a resolution, ordinance, contract, or contract amendment under CERL from providing retirement benefits for some, but not all, general members of a county or district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301&version=20250SB30199INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301&version=20250SB30198AMD)
3. **06/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301&version=20250SB30197AMD)
4. **08/20/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301&version=20250SB30196AMD)
5. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301&version=20250SB30194CHP)
6. **SB301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301)
7. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB301&version=20250SB30195ENR)

## Votes

- SB 301 Grayson Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — **69–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB301 Grayson Concurrence — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 966.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 1285.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on P. E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** 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`
- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 2766.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2740.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/948876e0-cbd8-437c-a4fc-4479e80cd8fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).