California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 987 — Public employees' retirement.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 833, Statutes of 2012.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2012. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. Existing law also establishes the Judges' Retirement System and the Judges' Retirement System II which provide pension benefits to elected judges and the Legislators' Retirement System which provides pension benefits to elective officers of the state other than judges and to legislative statutory officers. This bill would provide that all references to "spouse," "surviving spouse," or "marriage" in these provisions apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined, and all rights and responsibilities granted to a spouse or surviving spouse shall be granted equally to a domestic partner, as specified. (2) PERL provides that credit for service generally is accrued based upon service rendered and compensated in a fiscal year, and that time during which a member is absent without compensation is not allowed for computing service. Further, PERL provides that, when a member is subject to mandatory furloughs, as defined, the member's credits for service and compensation earnable are based on the amounts that would have been credited had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs. This bill would expand the definition of mandatory furlough to include those employees subject to mandatory furloughs under a specified provision. (3) PERL defines "leave of absence" to include absence from state service because of illness that arose out of and in the course of employment and for which the member received temporary disability benefits during the absence and did not receive full compensation, as specified. PERL authorizes a member who returns to active service following an employer-approved uncompensated leave of absence because of his or her serious illness to purchase service credit for that period of absence, as specified. This bill would clarify that definition to include absence from state service because of illness or injury that arose out of and in the course of employment, and would authorize the purchase of service credit following an employer-approved uncompensated leave of absence because of the member's serious illness or injury. (4) Existing law directs the Board of Administration of PERS to establish a building account from the retirement fund to use for acquiring real property, and for building, remodeling, maintaining, repairing, and improving that property. This bill would permit funds in the above-described building account to be used for other necessary operational expenses. (5) Existing law requires the Board of Administration of PERS to submit a quarterly review of the system's assets, as specified, to the Legislature. This review must include information on the time-weighted and dollar-weighted return on a 5-year, 3-year, 2-year, and 1-year basis. This bill would eliminate the requirement that the quarterly review described above include information on the time-weighted and dollar-weighted return on a 2-year basis. (6) Existing law generally prohibits a person who has been retired under PERS from serving without reinstatement from retirement, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a retired person to serve without reinstatement upon appointment to specified positions, and prohibits those appointments from exceeding 960 hours in any fiscal year. Under existing law, a retired annuitant cannot receive any benefit, incentive, compensation in lieu of benefits, or any other form of compensation in addition to the prescribed hourly pay rate. This bill would clarify that the above-described work hour limits and ban on additional benefits apply only to retired annuitants working in a vacant position for a PERS contracting agency. (7) Existing law defines an employee for purposes of the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, which governs health care coverage available to public employees. This definition includes an employee who is employed by a contracting agency, including an officer or official of a contracting agency, as defined, if that officer or official participates in the employer's retirement system. This bill would revise that definition to include only those employees who are employed by a contracting agency and participate in a publicly funded retirement system provided by that agency, as well as officers or officials of a contracting agency. The bill would also revise that definition by including officers or officials of a contracting agency regardless of whether those officers or officials participate in the employer's retirement system.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 833, Statutes of 2012.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4845.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 6122.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 8).

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S.

  12. Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S.

  13. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3397.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 3104.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. Set for hearing April 9.

  19. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  21. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  22. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  23. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.

  24. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Negrete McLeod · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Negrete McLeod

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB987 Negrete McLeod Concurrence

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33004
Republican 1000
Democratic 1001
Total 35005
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Dutton — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Price — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 987 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By FURUTANI

Passed 67 Yea · 1 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 650012
Republican 1100
Democratic 1000
Total 671012
% of votes cast 84%1%0%15%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gorell — Yea
Halderman — Yea
Butler — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Conway — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Cook — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Davis — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Williams — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Knight — Not Voting
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Wagner — Not Voting
Achadjian — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Not Voting
Norby — Yea
Perea — Yea
Silva — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11005
Democratic 1000
Total 12005
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Donnelly — Not Voting
Wagner — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading SB987 Negrete McLeod

Passed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29008
Republican 1000
Democratic 1001
Total 31009
% of votes cast 78%0%0%23%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Wyland — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Yee — Yea
Evans — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Rubio — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Anderson — Not Voting
Pavley — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Harman — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 987 do?
(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. Existing law also establishes the Judges' Retirement System and the Judges' Retirement System II which provide pension benefits to elected judges and the Legislators' Retirement System which provides pension benefits to elective officers of the state other than judges and to legislative statutory officers. This bill would provide that all references to "spouse," "surviving spouse," or "marriage" in these provisions apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined, and all rights and responsibilities granted to a spouse or surviving spouse shall be granted equally to a domestic partner, as specified. (2) PERL provides that credit for service generally is accrued based upon service rendered and compensated in a fiscal year, and that time during which a member is absent without compensation is not allowed for computing service. Further, PERL provides that, when a member is subject to mandatory furloughs, as defined, the member's credits for service and compensation earnable are based on the amounts that would have been credited had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs. This bill would expand the definition of mandatory furlough to include those employees subject to mandatory furloughs under a specified provision. (3) PERL defines "leave of absence" to include absence from state service because of illness that arose out of and in the course of employment and for which the member received temporary disability benefits during the absence and did not receive full compensation, as specified. PERL authorizes a member who returns to active service following an employer-approved uncompensated leave of absence because of his or her serious illness to purchase service credit for that period of absence, as specified. This bill would clarify that definition to include absence from state service because of illness or injury that arose out of and in the course of employment, and would authorize the purchase of service credit following an employer-approved uncompensated leave of absence because of the member's serious illness or injury. (4) Existing law directs the Board of Administration of PERS to establish a building account from the retirement fund to use for acquiring real property, and for building, remodeling, maintaining, repairing, and improving that property. This bill would permit funds in the above-described building account to be used for other necessary operational expenses. (5) Existing law requires the Board of Administration of PERS to submit a quarterly review of the system's assets, as specified, to the Legislature. This review must include information on the time-weighted and dollar-weighted return on a 5-year, 3-year, 2-year, and 1-year basis. This bill would eliminate the requirement that the quarterly review described above include information on the time-weighted and dollar-weighted return on a 2-year basis. (6) Existing law generally prohibits a person who has been retired under PERS from serving without reinstatement from retirement, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a retired person to serve without reinstatement upon appointment to specified positions, and prohibits those appointments from exceeding 960 hours in any fiscal year. Under existing law, a retired annuitant cannot receive any benefit, incentive, compensation in lieu of benefits, or any other form of compensation in addition to the prescribed hourly pay rate. This bill would clarify that the above-described work hour limits and ban on additional benefits apply only to retired annuitants working in a vacant position for a PERS contracting agency. (7) Existing law defines an employee for purposes of the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, which governs health care coverage available to public employees. This definition includes an employee who is employed by a contracting agency, including an officer or official of a contracting agency, as defined, if that officer or official participates in the employer's retirement system. This bill would revise that definition to include only those employees who are employed by a contracting agency and participate in a publicly funded retirement system provided by that agency, as well as officers or officials of a contracting agency. The bill would also revise that definition by including officers or officials of a contracting agency regardless of whether those officers or officials participate in the employer's retirement system.
Who sponsors SB 987?
SB 987 is sponsored by Negrete McLeod.
What is the current status of SB 987?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2012. Enacted.
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