republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public retirement systems: investments: Iran."
description: "The California Constitution provides that the Legislature may by statute prohibit retirement board investments if it is in the public interest to do so, and providing that the prohibition satisfies specified fiduciary standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1151"
citation: "California AB 1151 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public retirement systems: investments: Iran."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a265d17-680c-4b31-8c33-52991c433695"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151"
source_hash: "7ff9f3b9bd6055531944244472b6b050f84cae4ef7526aad40b8f937769b9e46"
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 1151 (20112012) — Public retirement systems: investments: Iran.

The California Constitution provides that the Legislature may by statute prohibit retirement board investments if it is in the public interest to do so, and providing that the prohibition satisfies specified fiduciary standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115199INT)
2. **03/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115198AMD)
3. **04/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115197AMD)
4. **05/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115196AMD)
5. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115195AMD)
6. **10/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115193CHP)
7. **AB1151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151)
8. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1151&version=20110AB115194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1151 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1151 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1151 Feuer By Anderson — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — author (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Coms. on P.E., R. & S.S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P.E., R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1662.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2192.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2921.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a265d17-680c-4b31-8c33-52991c433695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).