Stephanie Nguyen
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 10
Author
The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to provide pension and other benefits to members of PERS. Existing law permits a member of PERS who retires on or before December 31, 2017, to elect from among several optional settlements for the purpose of structuring the member's retirement allowance. Existing law also permits a member of PERS who retires on or after January 1, 2018, to elect from among several other optional settlements for the purpose of structuring their retirement allowance. Existing law prohibits a member who elects to receive specified optional settlements from changing the member's optional settlement and designated beneficiary after election of an optional settlement unless a specified event occurs, including the death of a beneficiary who predeceased the member, a dissolution of marriage or a legal separation in which the judgment dividing the community property awards the total interest in the retirement system to the retired member, or in an annulment of marriage in which the court confirms the annulment. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, permit a member who elected to receive a specified optional settlement at retirement, if the member's former spouse was named as beneficiary and a legal judgment awards only a portion of the interest in the retirement system to the retired member, to elect to add their new spouse as the beneficiary of the member's interest, subject to meeting certain conditions. This bill would authorize a member to elect this option only once and would preclude elections that would be in derogation of the former spouse's interest in the retirement system. The bill would preclude elections that would result in additional costs to the employer.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file.
From special consent calendar
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Portantino.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1523.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1246 | HTML |
| 02/16/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/15/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/18/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/29/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/22/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/10/23- Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 05/01/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/21/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 06/30/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/01/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/02/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/19/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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