republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2101.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement."
description: "(1) 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 administered 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: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2101"
citation: "California AB 2101 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employment and Retirement"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df69fde3-f7f6-4808-b065-cf52146cfdfc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101"
source_hash: "2176d00ba023f81beca6693811df8d3fcb794d21719572b10357f9cfb1d2da03"
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 2101 (20192020) — Public employees' retirement.

(1) 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 administered 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. **02/06/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101&version=20190AB210199INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101&version=20190AB210198AMD)
3. **06/29/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101&version=20190AB210197AMD)
4. **08/07/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101&version=20190AB210196AMD)
5. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101&version=20190AB210194CHP)
6. **AB2101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2101&version=20190AB210195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2101 P.E. & R. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2101 Public Employment and Re Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **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
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2101 P.E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4725.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4382.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5274.)
- **2020-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5376.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df69fde3-f7f6-4808-b065-cf52146cfdfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).