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Measure SB 301
Authors Grayson  
Subject County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.
Relating To relating to retirement.
Title An act to add Section 31566 to the Government Code, relating to retirement.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee No
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-16     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-09     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2740.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-08-28     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 2766.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-28     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-20     Read third time and amended.
2025-08-20     Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-26     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25).
2025-06-17     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2025-05-28     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-28     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 1285.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-01     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-30     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 966.) (April 30).
2025-04-11     Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2025-03-24     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-19     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-11     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
2025-02-10     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-12
Amended Assembly     2025-08-20
Amended Assembly     2025-06-17
Amended Senate     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-10
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								For purposes of this section, “excludable officers and employees” mean officers and employees whose tenures may be excluded pursuant to Section 31527 as being temporary, seasonal, intermittent, or part time only, as determined by the retirement board, or who are excluded pursuant to Section 31552 or 31553.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL), prescribes the rights, benefits, and duties of members of the retirement systems established pursuant to its provisions. Existing law prohibits a resolution, ordinance, contract, or contract amendment under CERL from providing retirement benefits for some, but not all, general members of a county or district. This bill would prohibit a county or district whose officers and employees are enrolled as members of a retirement system under CERL from excluding from membership in the system any employee, group, or classification, other than those excludable officers and employees, as defined. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities and counties, including charter cities and charter counties. The bill would also include findings that its provisions are declaratory of existing law.