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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

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

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

SB 301 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees. Primary sponsor: Timothy Grayson (D). Most recent recorded action (October 13, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 749, Statutes of 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Timothy GraysonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate9

“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 749, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2740.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 2766.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read third time and amended.
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25).
  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
  12. Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

Sources

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