California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 1402 — Public employees' retirement: armed forces: service credit.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 196, Statutes of 2022.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · 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.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law creates the Teachers' Retirement Fund, which is continuously appropriated for specified purposes, into which certain moneys are deposited, including employee contributions. Existing law authorizes a member of STRS to receive creditable service for certain types of service outside the system, including military service, and distinguishes in this regard between service performed before membership and after becoming a member. Existing law authorizes a member who is a state employee, or a retired member who retired immediately following service as a state employee, as specified, to receive credit for specified military or Merchant Marine service occurring prior to membership and prescribes requirements and limits in this connection. Existing law requires, in this context, that the member contribute sufficient funds to cover the total cost of military service credit, as specified. Existing law limits the application of this authorization to receive premembership service credit to specified service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States prior to January 1, 1950. This bill would delete the limitation that the service have occurred prior to January 1, 1950, from these provisions, unless certain exceptions apply, and would delete the requirement that the electing member is a state employee or a retired member who retired immediately following service as a state employee. By providing for additional contributions to be made to a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The Public Employees' Retirement Law creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System. Existing law establishes the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, which is a trust fund that is appropriated continuously for specified purposes, into which certain moneys are deposited, including employee contributions. Existing law authorizes specified members of PERS, including state members, to receive public service credit for certain types of service outside the system, including military service, and distinguishes in this regard between service performed before membership and after becoming a member. Existing law authorizes receipt of public service credit for specified military or Merchant Marine service occurring prior to membership and prescribes requirements and limits in this connection. Existing law requires, in this context, that the member contribute funds to cover the total cost of this public service credit, as specified. Existing law limits the application of this authorization to receive this public service credit to specified service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States prior to January 1, 1950. Existing law provides that this authorization only applies to agencies contracting with PERS if the agency elects to amend its contract. This bill would delete the requirement that the service subject to the authorization described above have occurred prior to January 1, 1950, and would require contracting agencies to provide members the option to receive the public service credit for specified service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States. By providing for additional contributions to be made to a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 196, Statutes of 2022.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5829.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  7. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3).

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3647.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  14. Set for hearing May 2.

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3415.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  17. Set for hearing April 18.

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

  19. From printer.

  20. Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.

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

Sponsors

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SB 1402 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 30002
Unaffiliated 37002
Republican 9000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Friedman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Levine — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Voepel — Not Voting
Bloom — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
McKinnor, Tina Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Democratic 7000
Republican 2000
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Consent Calendar SB1402

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20003
Republican 2002
Democratic 11002
Total 33007
% of votes cast 83%0%0%18%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Min — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Newman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Wilk — Not Voting
Pan — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1402 do?
Existing law, the Teachers' Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board. Existing law creates the Teachers' Retirement Fund, which is continuously appropriated for specified purposes, into which certain moneys are deposited, including employee contributions. Existing law authorizes a member of STRS to receive creditable service for certain types of service outside the system, including military service, and distinguishes in this regard between service performed before membership and after becoming a member. Existing law authorizes a member who is a state employee, or a retired member who retired immediately following service as a state employee, as specified, to receive credit for specified military or Merchant Marine service occurring prior to membership and prescribes requirements and limits in this connection. Existing law requires, in this context, that the member contribute sufficient funds to cover the total cost of military service credit, as specified. Existing law limits the application of this authorization to receive premembership service credit to specified service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States prior to January 1, 1950. This bill would delete the limitation that the service have occurred prior to January 1, 1950, from these provisions, unless certain exceptions apply, and would delete the requirement that the electing member is a state employee or a retired member who retired immediately following service as a state employee. By providing for additional contributions to be made to a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The Public Employees' Retirement Law creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System. Existing law establishes the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, which is a trust fund that is appropriated continuously for specified purposes, into which certain moneys are deposited, including employee contributions. Existing law authorizes specified members of PERS, including state members, to receive public service credit for certain types of service outside the system, including military service, and distinguishes in this regard between service performed before membership and after becoming a member. Existing law authorizes receipt of public service credit for specified military or Merchant Marine service occurring prior to membership and prescribes requirements and limits in this connection. Existing law requires, in this context, that the member contribute funds to cover the total cost of this public service credit, as specified. Existing law limits the application of this authorization to receive this public service credit to specified service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States prior to January 1, 1950. Existing law provides that this authorization only applies to agencies contracting with PERS if the agency elects to amend its contract. This bill would delete the requirement that the service subject to the authorization described above have occurred prior to January 1, 1950, and would require contracting agencies to provide members the option to receive the public service credit for specified service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States. By providing for additional contributions to be made to a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Who sponsors SB 1402?
SB 1402 is sponsored by Umberg, Thomas J. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1402?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2022. Enacted.
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