republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1352.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State teachers' retirement."
description: "Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board. The Defined Benefit Program is funded by employer and employee contributions, as well as investment returns and state appropriations, which are deposited or credited to the Teachers' Retirement Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1352"
citation: "California SB 1352 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State teachers' retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employment and Retirement"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a5808c7-af89-4b78-840c-66b26f090cdf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1352"
source_hash: "32492e59c23ce95813e0fc7e0a76147af37337f598636716a77438bf393cc1a4"
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 SB 1352 (20152016) — State teachers' retirement.

Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administrated by the Teachers' Retirement Board. The Defined Benefit Program is funded by employer and employee contributions, as well as investment returns and state appropriations, which are deposited or credited to the Teachers' Retirement Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1352&version=20150SB135299INT)
2. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1352&version=20150SB135298AMD)
3. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1352&version=20150SB135296CHP)
4. **SB1352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1352)
5. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1352&version=20150SB135297ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1352 Committee On P.E. & R. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1352 Committee On P.E. and R. (Pan) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1352 P.E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Employment and Retirement — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3497.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3631.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5721.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4882.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a5808c7-af89-4b78-840c-66b26f090cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).