republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-411.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Retirement System: employment without reinstatement."
description: "Existing law, the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) , creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides pension and disability benefits to its members and prescribes their rights and duties. Existing law, the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , prescribed various limitations on public employees, employers, and retirement systems concerning, among other things, work after retirement. PERL generally prohibits retired PERS members from working for an agency participating in the system without reinstatement in the system, unless that employment is otherwise specifically authorized. PEPRA also prohibits retirees from serving or being employed directly, or through a contract, with a public employer, as defined, in the same retirement system from which they receive their benefits, except as expressly permitted. Both PERL and PEPRA generally prescribe limits on the manner and duration that retired members may be employed without reinstatement. PERL requires a person who is employed in violation of its reinstatement requirements to be reinstated in the member category previously held and on the date on which the unlawful employment occurred. In these circumstances, PERL requires that a retired member reimburse the system for the person's allowance received during the periods of the unlawful employment, to pay to the system employee contributions that otherwise should have been paid, and to contribute for associated administrative expenses, as specified. PERL requires employers in these circumstances to pay to the system the employer contributions that otherwise should have been paid and to contribute for associated administrative expenses, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "California SB 411 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Retirement System: employment without reinstatement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2030a86-75cb-4fd4-a6c7-5ee6841a96f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411"
source_hash: "5b4af0aa7117619ec5595c13d42f85881ead90581cad7739cdd383c98458e680"
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 411 (20212022) — Public Employees' Retirement System: employment without reinstatement.

Existing law, the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) , creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides pension and disability benefits to its members and prescribes their rights and duties. Existing law, the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , prescribed various limitations on public employees, employers, and retirement systems concerning, among other things, work after retirement. PERL generally prohibits retired PERS members from working for an agency participating in the system without reinstatement in the system, unless that employment is otherwise specifically authorized. PEPRA also prohibits retirees from serving or being employed directly, or through a contract, with a public employer, as defined, in the same retirement system from which they receive their benefits, except as expressly permitted. Both PERL and PEPRA generally prescribe limits on the manner and duration that retired members may be employed without reinstatement. PERL requires a person who is employed in violation of its reinstatement requirements to be reinstated in the member category previously held and on the date on which the unlawful employment occurred. In these circumstances, PERL requires that a retired member reimburse the system for the person's allowance received during the periods of the unlawful employment, to pay to the system employee contributions that otherwise should have been paid, and to contribute for associated administrative expenses, as specified. PERL requires employers in these circumstances to pay to the system the employer contributions that otherwise should have been paid and to contribute for associated administrative expenses, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411&version=20210SB41199INT)
2. **03/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411&version=20210SB41198AMD)
3. **04/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411&version=20210SB41197AMD)
4. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411&version=20210SB41195CHP)
5. **SB411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411)
6. **07/19/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB411&version=20210SB41196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 411 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2021-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 843.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1055.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-20** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** June 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2374.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-07-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2030a86-75cb-4fd4-a6c7-5ee6841a96f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).