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SB-301 • 2026

County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.

County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Grayson
Last action
2025-10-13
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the effective date or which types of officers and employees can be excluded.

County Employees Retirement Law: Fair Treatment for All Workers

This law prohibits counties or districts from excluding certain groups of employees from joining their retirement systems, except for specific types of officers and employees.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits a county or district from excluding any employee, group, or classification from membership in the retirement system established under CERL, other than excludable officers and employees.

Who It Names or Affects

  • County workers who want to join their local retirement systems.
  • Counties or districts managing employee benefits.
  • Specific types of officers and employees defined by law as 'excludable'.

Terms To Know

retirement system
A plan that provides financial support for workers after they stop working.
excludable officers and employees
Certain types of workers who can be excluded from joining the retirement system, as defined by law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when it will take effect.
  • It only applies to counties or districts that already have a County Employees Retirement Law in place.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-13 California Legislative Information

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

  2. 2025-10-13 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-16 California Legislative Information

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

  4. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

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

  5. 2025-08-28 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-08-28 California Legislative Information

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

  7. 2025-08-20 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-08-20 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  9. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

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

  11. 2025-06-17 California Legislative Information

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

  12. 2025-06-05 California Legislative Information

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

  13. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

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

  15. 2025-05-01 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

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

  17. 2025-04-11 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 30.

  18. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

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

  19. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

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

  20. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  21. 2025-02-11 California Legislative Information

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

  22. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

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

Official Summary Text

SB 301, Grayson.
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.
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.

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