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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retirement: joint powers authorities."
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description: "The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 443"
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citation: "California SB 443 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Retirement", "jointpowersauthorities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f80806ea-196a-49ce-88fe-cf40142fba8c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443"
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source_hash: "4acacc3e1cba40ce1756933266eace37713abb4a8d870dfe7eae879bcfc9e74c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 443 (20252026) — Retirement: joint powers authorities.
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The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44399INT)
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2. **03/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44398AMD)
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3. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44397AMD)
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4. **08/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44396AMD)
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5. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44394CHP)
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6. **SB443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443)
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7. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB443&version=20250SB44395ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 443 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Harabedian — **76–1** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB443 Rubio Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rubio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing March 26.
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 567.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 7.
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- **2025-04-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1462.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on P. E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2815.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2511.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 756, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f80806ea-196a-49ce-88fe-cf40142fba8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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