republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2554.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings."
description: "State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2554"
citation: "California AB 2554 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667b3ed1-7899-4d2a-bfc6-f1ee2a25fedc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554"
source_hash: "6d8d1508948570c03f601899712feef427a30ca2852a3370d35cb53b2753c385"
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 2554 (20032004) — State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255499INT)
2. **03/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255498AMD)
3. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255497AMD)
4. **07/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255496AMD)
5. **07/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255495AMD)
6. **07/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255494AMD)
7. **08/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255493AMD)
8. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255491CHP)
9. **AB2554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554)
10. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2554&version=20030AB255492ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2554 pavley by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2554 pavley concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2554 pavley by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2554 pavley assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 934, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 7538.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5067.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** In Senate. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 2. Page 4893.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-27** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-19** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 5989.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/667b3ed1-7899-4d2a-bfc6-f1ee2a25fedc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).