California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 963 — Teachers' Retirement Law.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 782, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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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 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program. The defined benefit is based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. The State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law establishes the Cash Balance Benefit Program, also administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, as a separate benefit program within the State Teachers' Retirement Plan in order to provide a retirement plan for persons employed to perform creditable service for less than 50% of full-time service. This bill would revise and recast the definition of creditable service for purposes of the Defined Benefit Program and the Cash Balance Benefit Program, as specified. The bill would, among other things, include as creditable service for the purposes of the Defined Benefit Program any activities that do not meet the definition of creditable service but were performed for an employer, as defined, on or before December 31, 2015, and were reported as creditable service to STRS. The bill would revise the definition of "member" to include any person who has performed those activities. The bill would allow members and specified retired members who have performed those activities to irrevocably elect to have that service subject to coverage under a different public retirement system and excluded from coverage by the Defined Benefit Program, as specified. The bill would also allow a person who had service for those activities removed from STRS and reported to a different public retirement system, as directed by STRS, to make an irrevocable election to have all of that service and subsequent service in the same position be subject to coverage by the Defined Benefit Program and excluded from that other system. Among other things, the bill would require employers, upon request of the system, to provide the system with information relating to certification qualifications, minimum standards, or provisions of approved school charters to perform creditable service, as specified. The bill would include within the definition of creditable service specified activities performed by consulting teachers in the California Peer Assistance and Review Program. The bill would make other conforming, nonsubstantive changes.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 782, Statutes of 2015.

  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 78. Noes 0. Page 2861.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2409.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17).

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

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

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

  20. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1349.)

  21. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  22. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29).

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S.

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

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

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  29. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Bonilla · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Bonilla

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 963 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69002
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Not Voting
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

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3rd Reading AB963 Bonilla By Pan

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — 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 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 963 BONILLA Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Levine — Yea
Burke — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gray — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
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. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — 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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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 963 do?
Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program. The defined benefit is based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. The State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law establishes the Cash Balance Benefit Program, also administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, as a separate benefit program within the State Teachers' Retirement Plan in order to provide a retirement plan for persons employed to perform creditable service for less than 50% of full-time service. This bill would revise and recast the definition of creditable service for purposes of the Defined Benefit Program and the Cash Balance Benefit Program, as specified. The bill would, among other things, include as creditable service for the purposes of the Defined Benefit Program any activities that do not meet the definition of creditable service but were performed for an employer, as defined, on or before December 31, 2015, and were reported as creditable service to STRS. The bill would revise the definition of "member" to include any person who has performed those activities. The bill would allow members and specified retired members who have performed those activities to irrevocably elect to have that service subject to coverage under a different public retirement system and excluded from coverage by the Defined Benefit Program, as specified. The bill would also allow a person who had service for those activities removed from STRS and reported to a different public retirement system, as directed by STRS, to make an irrevocable election to have all of that service and subsequent service in the same position be subject to coverage by the Defined Benefit Program and excluded from that other system. Among other things, the bill would require employers, upon request of the system, to provide the system with information relating to certification qualifications, minimum standards, or provisions of approved school charters to perform creditable service, as specified. The bill would include within the definition of creditable service specified activities performed by consulting teachers in the California Peer Assistance and Review Program. The bill would make other conforming, nonsubstantive changes.
Who sponsors AB 963?
AB 963 is sponsored by Bonilla.
What is the current status of AB 963?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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