republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' retirement: beneficiary payment."
description: "The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to provide defined benefits to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERS is administered by its board of administration. Existing law, applicable to agencies that contract with PERS to provide benefits to their employees, requires a payment of $500 to be made to a beneficiary upon the death of a member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from PERS, unless otherwise provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1168"
citation: "California SB 1168 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees' retirement: beneficiary payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9251efa-5fa7-4934-9deb-470be64ea07c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1168"
source_hash: "4d8e982bb6c2b0d523461bcdf5070e7c2d776dab100088375bba46a127378f3d"
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 1168 (20212022) — Public employees' retirement: beneficiary payment.

The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to provide defined benefits to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. PERS is administered by its board of administration. Existing law, applicable to agencies that contract with PERS to provide benefits to their employees, requires a payment of $500 to be made to a beneficiary upon the death of a member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from PERS, unless otherwise provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1168&version=20210SB116899INT)
2. **04/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1168&version=20210SB116898AMD)
3. **08/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1168&version=20210SB116896CHP)
4. **SB1168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1168)
5. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1168&version=20210SB116897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1168 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1168 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3415.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2022-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3647.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-12** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5828.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 193, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9251efa-5fa7-4934-9deb-470be64ea07c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).