republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-989.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State teachers' retirement: account statements."
description: "The State Teachers' Retirement Law creates the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) for the purpose of providing retirement benefits to teachers and other people employed in connection with the schools. STRS is administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board, which is required to issue each active and inactive member, no less frequently than annually, as specified, a statement of the member's individual Defined Benefit Program and Defined Benefit Supplement Program accounts, if the system has the member's mailing address. Existing law permits the board to make the account statement available by secured access through the system's Internet Web site. Existing law creates the Cash Balance Benefit Program, also referred to as the cash balance plan, administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board, to provide a retirement plan for teachers working less than half time. Existing law requires the board, in connection with the cash balance plan, to provide each participant a statement regarding the balance of his or her account with the plan at the close of the year, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 989"
citation: "California AB 989 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State teachers' retirement: account statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21ed9b90-5dad-4a09-a95c-f224af69684e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989"
source_hash: "c7ad301cb77dffca5c466579d562c40d05fdba3d96d376e28dd126d5b28d82b0"
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 989 (20132014) — State teachers' retirement: account statements.

The State Teachers' Retirement Law creates the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) for the purpose of providing retirement benefits to teachers and other people employed in connection with the schools. STRS is administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board, which is required to issue each active and inactive member, no less frequently than annually, as specified, a statement of the member's individual Defined Benefit Program and Defined Benefit Supplement Program accounts, if the system has the member's mailing address. Existing law permits the board to make the account statement available by secured access through the system's Internet Web site. Existing law creates the Cash Balance Benefit Program, also referred to as the cash balance plan, administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board, to provide a retirement plan for teachers working less than half time. Existing law requires the board, in connection with the cash balance plan, to provide each participant a statement regarding the balance of his or her account with the plan at the close of the year, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989&version=20130AB98999INT)
2. **05/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989&version=20130AB98998AMD)
3. **06/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989&version=20130AB98997AMD)
4. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989&version=20130AB98995CHP)
5. **AB989** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989)
6. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB989&version=20130AB98996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 989 MULLIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 989 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB989 Mullin By Gaines — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1118.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1878.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2764.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21ed9b90-5dad-4a09-a95c-f224af69684e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).