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CA SB 301

enacted

County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 301 pass?

Yes. CA SB 301 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 301 about?

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.

Who sponsors CA SB 301?

Grayson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 301.

Description

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.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Graysonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

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

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  2. 2025-02-11

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

  3. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  5. 2025-04-02

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

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  6. 2025-04-11

    Set for hearing April 30.

  7. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 966.) (April 30).

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  8. 2025-05-01

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 1285.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  10. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  11. 2025-06-05

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

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  12. 2025-06-17

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

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  13. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25).

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  14. 2025-06-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-08-20

    Read third time and amended.

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  16. 2025-08-20

    Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 2766.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  18. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  19. 2025-09-09

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2740.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  20. 2025-09-16

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

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  21. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  22. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-17Compare
  • 08/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-20Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • SB301Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass

    2025-04-30 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-28 · pass · 32-1

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Limón: other
    • Grove: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Cervantes: other
    • Seyarto: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Jones: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-06-25 · pass · 7-0

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

  • SB 301 Grayson Senate Third Reading By McKinnor

    2025-08-28 · pass · 69-3

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alvarez: other
    • Berman: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Gallagher: other

  • Unfinished Business SB301 Grayson Concurrence

    2025-09-09 · pass · 37-1

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Seyarto: other

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