republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-962.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Diego Unified Port District: public employee pension benefits."
description: "The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its pension plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other things, requires a public employer that offers a defined benefit pension plan to provide specified retirement formulas for new members, as defined. PEPRA permits a public employer to adopt a new defined benefit formula, on or after January 1, 2013, that is not consistent with PEPRA, if that formula is determined and certified by the chief actuary and the board of that employer's retirement system to not have a greater risk or greater cost to the sponsoring employer than the defined benefit formula required by PEPRA and the plan is approved by the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "California SB 962 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Diego Unified Port District", "public employee pension benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37c6c9f-8572-44ec-81cc-f85a0eefccf1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962"
source_hash: "d1f95bf3917d005c6044f3477f91df27e439c6eb25772539fd884db9d746b13d"
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 962 (20232024) — San Diego Unified Port District: public employee pension benefits.

The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its pension plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other things, requires a public employer that offers a defined benefit pension plan to provide specified retirement formulas for new members, as defined. PEPRA permits a public employer to adopt a new defined benefit formula, on or after January 1, 2013, that is not consistent with PEPRA, if that formula is determined and certified by the chief actuary and the board of that employer's retirement system to not have a greater risk or greater cost to the sponsoring employer than the defined benefit formula required by PEPRA and the plan is approved by the Legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962&version=20230SB96299INT)
2. **04/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962&version=20230SB96298AMD)
3. **05/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962&version=20230SB96297AMD)
4. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962&version=20230SB96295CHP)
5. **SB962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962)
6. **06/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB962&version=20230SB96296ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 962 Padilla Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3662.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4187.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6036.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a37c6c9f-8572-44ec-81cc-f85a0eefccf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).