California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 736 — State teachers' retirement: executive positions.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2016.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The Teachers' Retirement Law creates the State Teachers' Retirement System and State Teachers' Retirement Plan for the purpose of providing teachers and other specified employees with financially sound retirement plans. The law provides for the administration of the system and the plan by the Teachers' Retirement Board and authorizes the board to appoint employees as necessary for those purposes. The law requires the board to fix the compensation of specified executive and managerial positions, including chief executive officer, chief investment officer, and general counsel. This bill would provide the duty to fix the compensation of specified executive and managerial positions, described above, applies to a single position in the various job categories. The bill would additionally require the board to fix the compensation of a chief operating officer and a chief financial officer. The bill would impose specified limits on the annual percentage increase in salary paid to a person who served in either of those positions on January 1, 2016, and who does not separate from service in that position prior to the date on which the increase is applied. Existing law prohibits, among others, a chief of staff, deputy chief executive officer, or an equivalent senior management position, for a period of 2 years after leaving that position, from appearing before or communicating with the board for the purpose of influencing actions or proceedings, for compensation, as specified. This bill would remove that restriction from the positions listed above and instead apply the restriction to the chief operating officer and individuals who held career executive assignment positions that reported directly to either the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6464.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5369.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 11).

  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1716.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Cooley · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Cooley

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 736 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70000
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chang — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Baker — Yea
Brough — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB736 Cooley By Morrell

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Democratic 3000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Huff — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5100
Democratic 1000
Total 6100
% of votes cast 86%14%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5001
Democratic 1000
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 736 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70000
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

labor education
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 736 do?
The Teachers' Retirement Law creates the State Teachers' Retirement System and State Teachers' Retirement Plan for the purpose of providing teachers and other specified employees with financially sound retirement plans. The law provides for the administration of the system and the plan by the Teachers' Retirement Board and authorizes the board to appoint employees as necessary for those purposes. The law requires the board to fix the compensation of specified executive and managerial positions, including chief executive officer, chief investment officer, and general counsel. This bill would provide the duty to fix the compensation of specified executive and managerial positions, described above, applies to a single position in the various job categories. The bill would additionally require the board to fix the compensation of a chief operating officer and a chief financial officer. The bill would impose specified limits on the annual percentage increase in salary paid to a person who served in either of those positions on January 1, 2016, and who does not separate from service in that position prior to the date on which the increase is applied. Existing law prohibits, among others, a chief of staff, deputy chief executive officer, or an equivalent senior management position, for a period of 2 years after leaving that position, from appearing before or communicating with the board for the purpose of influencing actions or proceedings, for compensation, as specified. This bill would remove that restriction from the positions listed above and instead apply the restriction to the chief operating officer and individuals who held career executive assignment positions that reported directly to either the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer.
Who sponsors AB 736?
AB 736 is sponsored by Cooley.
What is the current status of AB 736?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.
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