republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-616.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government employees' retirement: benefits."
description: "Local government employees' retirement: benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 616"
citation: "California AB 616 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Local government employees' retirement: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc783896-1a22-4c8c-9eeb-a664ae25073a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616"
source_hash: "f7b26013e6edbb567e48b9da1acfc04cb49d5152e0fd993798403dfca9de3c94"
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 616 (20012002) — Local government employees' retirement: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616&version=20010AB61699INT)
2. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616&version=20010AB61698AMD)
3. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616&version=20010AB61697AMD)
4. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616&version=20010AB61696AMD)
5. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616&version=20010AB61694CHP)
6. **AB616** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616)
7. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB616&version=20010AB61695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 616 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB616 Calderon By Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 616 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 782, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 7. Page 3921.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 7. Page 2877.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-09-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2063.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-03** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 885.)
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc783896-1a22-4c8c-9eeb-a664ae25073a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).