republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-90.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System, administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, 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. 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: "SB 90"
citation: "California SB 90 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51e693d-eb7b-42f1-b3c3-590c162cab92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90"
source_hash: "f9ef37cd63a89e56da60c487d9dcb94a557c92bbece842ab24b5daf12943c220"
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 90 (20192020) — Public employees' retirement.

(1) Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System, administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, 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. 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. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90&version=20190SB9099INT)
2. **06/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90&version=20190SB9098AMD)
3. **06/17/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90&version=20190SB9097AMD)
4. **06/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90&version=20190SB9095CHP)
5. **SB90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90)
6. **06/24/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB90&version=20190SB9096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB90 B. & F.R. — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB90 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 90 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)
- **2019-04-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 668.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-06-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-06-20** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 2361.)
- **2019-06-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2367.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-06-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1677.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 33, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c51e693d-eb7b-42f1-b3c3-590c162cab92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).