republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2696.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 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, including out-of-class pay. 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 2696"
citation: "California AB 2696 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: limited term appointments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/808d6762-599e-4709-bae6-9efc5a6a4dc3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2696"
source_hash: "31a6b652d3708f71473b5d3494f066b4e04ecd3352580e597f88863f55c799e6"
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 2696 (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 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, including out-of-class pay. 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. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2696&version=20170AB269699INT)
2. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2696&version=20170AB269698AMD)
3. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2696&version=20170AB269696CHP)
4. **AB2696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2696)
5. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2696&version=20170AB269697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2696 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2696 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2696 Rodriguez By Pan — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4827.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5567.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 6982.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/808d6762-599e-4709-bae6-9efc5a6a4dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).