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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1601: County employees’ retirement: cost-of-living adjustments.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1601 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: County employees’ retirement: cost-of-living adjustments. . Primary sponsor: Chris Rogers (D). Most recent recorded action (September 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes counties to establish retirement systems for county employees, authorizes counties to establish a board of retirement, and authorizes the board of retirement to provide cost-of-living adjustments and certain supplemental cost-of-living allowances. Existing law, applicable to Sonoma County and Imperial County, authorizes the board of retirement, with approval of the county board of supervisors, to grant a cost-of-living adjustment on a prefunded basis to the retirement allowances, optional death allowances, or annual death allowances payable to or on account of eligible members.

This bill would permit the board of supervisors for Sonoma County, on an annual basis, to authorize a cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement allowances, optional death allowances, or annual death allowances payable by the retirement system. Before authorizing a cost-of-living adjustment, the bill would require the county board of supervisors to take various actions, including collaborating with the retirement board to identify the eligible retired members, survivors, beneficiaries, or successors in interest designated, or a subset of those benefit recipients, to receive the cost-of-living adjustment, the amount thereof, and the funding source.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for Sonoma County.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RogersPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5520.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10).
  8. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
  9. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 4679.)
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8).

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page