republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-637.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Retirement System: contracting agencies."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law permits any public agency, as defined, to enter into a contract to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, as specified. That law also authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to establish a deferred compensation program for California public employees. The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to contract with carriers for health benefit plans and major medical plans for employees and annuitants, as defined. Participation in the system and these benefit programs is funded by employer and employee contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 637"
citation: "California AB 637 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: contracting agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f6e4d1-e055-484f-b44d-f7551bd03481"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB637"
source_hash: "ce7e55fd7d982dd89c6a6845f6fe0eb13214987e2ca181a851ac2ae43cd3e89e"
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 637 (20092010) — Public Employees' Retirement System: contracting agencies.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law permits any public agency, as defined, to enter into a contract to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, as specified. That law also authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to establish a deferred compensation program for California public employees. The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to contract with carriers for health benefit plans and major medical plans for employees and annuitants, as defined. Participation in the system and these benefit programs is funded by employer and employee contributions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB637&version=20090AB63799INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB637&version=20090AB63798AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB637&version=20090AB63796CHP)
4. **AB637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB637)
5. **07/13/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB637&version=20090AB63797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 637 HILL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB637 Hill — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1469.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1666.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f6e4d1-e055-484f-b44d-f7551bd03481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).