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CA AB 1439

enacted

Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1439 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1439 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1439 about?

The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the retirement fund and system. These provisions qualify this grant of powers by reserving to the Legislature the authority to prohibit investments if it is in the public interest and the prohibition satisfies standards of fiduciary care and loyalty required of a retirement board. Existing law prohibits the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) from making certain new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds, including in a thermal coal company, as defined. Existing law provides that a board is not required to take any action regarding those investments unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill would request the University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center to conduct an independent study to analyze the extent of labor standards protections in California real estate and infrastructure development projects funded through the real asset portfolios of PERS and STRS. The bill would request that the study and a report of its findings be completed and provided to the Legislature and the Department of Finance by January 1, 2028, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 1439?

Garcia is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1439, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the retirement fund and system. These provisions qualify this grant of powers by reserving to the Legislature the authority to prohibit investments if it is in the public interest and the prohibition satisfies standards of fiduciary care and loyalty required of a retirement board. Existing law prohibits the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) from making certain new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds, including in a thermal coal company, as defined. Existing law provides that a board is not required to take any action regarding those investments unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill would request the University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center to conduct an independent study to analyze the extent of labor standards protections in California real estate and infrastructure development projects funded through the real asset portfolios of PERS and STRS. The bill would request that the study and a report of its findings be completed and provided to the Legislature and the Department of Finance by January 1, 2028, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Garciaauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Reyescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-04

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-27

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 9.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-27

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 6680.).

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  6. 2026-08-26

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10.).

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  8. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  10. 2026-08-13

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

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  11. 2026-06-22

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-06-11

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2026-06-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 10).

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  14. 2026-06-02

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

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  15. 2026-05-06

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

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  16. 2026-01-29

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

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  17. 2026-01-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 9. Page 3879.)

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  18. 2026-01-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2026-01-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (January 22).

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  20. 2026-01-22

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)

  21. 2026-01-22

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

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-01-22

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

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  23. 2026-01-14

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-04-21

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. 2025-03-25

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

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-24

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

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-03-24

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

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  28. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  29. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  30. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 01/22/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-22Compare
  • 06/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-02Compare
  • 06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 09/01/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-01Compare
  • AB1439Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-01-14 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: other
    • McKinnor: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-01-22 · pass · 10-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Pacheco: other

  • AB 1439 Garcia Assembly Third Reading

    2026-01-29 · pass · 50-9

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Ávila Farías: no
    • Ta: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Arambula: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Flora: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • DeMaio: other
    • McKinnor: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Gipson: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ransom: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Valencia: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-10 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-06-22 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: other

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