republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1487.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Retirement System: limited term appointments."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to members of the system, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERL vests the Board of Administration of PERS with management and control of the system, and authorizes the board to employ certain managerial staff including an executive officer. PERL authorizes a public agency and a school employer to contract to make their employees members of PERS. PERL establishes the compensation earnable by members of the system, defined as the member's payrate and special compensation, which includes out-of-class pay for state members. Existing law requires fees and other amounts received by the Board of Administration of PERS pursuant to PERL to be credited to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1487"
citation: "California AB 1487 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: limited term appointments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a70af8d-7bd1-4d1f-922b-4844a76c61ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487"
source_hash: "86990b662ad7c0ab676edbf9893c97bb558d4ee24bffbe8bb6845a8eb187fd2e"
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 1487 (20172018) — Public Employees' Retirement System: limited term appointments.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to members of the system, based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERL vests the Board of Administration of PERS with management and control of the system, and authorizes the board to employ certain managerial staff including an executive officer. PERL authorizes a public agency and a school employer to contract to make their employees members of PERS. PERL establishes the compensation earnable by members of the system, defined as the member's payrate and special compensation, which includes out-of-class pay for state members. Existing law requires fees and other amounts received by the Board of Administration of PERS pursuant to PERL to be credited to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487&version=20170AB148799INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487&version=20170AB148798AMD)
3. **06/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487&version=20170AB148797AMD)
4. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487&version=20170AB148795CHP)
5. **AB1487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487)
6. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1487&version=20170AB148796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1487 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- AB 1487 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **56–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1487 Rodriguez By Atkins — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 1426.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2177.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 2757.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a70af8d-7bd1-4d1f-922b-4844a76c61ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).