Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Assembly
The Public Employment and Retirement Committee (formerly the Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee) is a standing committee of the California State Assembly.
Per the Assembly Rules, committees of the California State Assembly are assigned by the House Speaker. The Speaker has the power to appoint the chair and vice chair of each committee.[1] The Speaker is considered an ex officio member of all assembly committees of which he or she is not a regular member but does not have voting rights and is not counted for purposes of determining a quorum.[2] A majority of members of a committee constitutes a quorum.[3]
See rules: Standing Rules of the Assembly
Function
The duty of the Public Employment and Retirement Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to the oversight of public employment such as state, local (excluding laws administered by local employment relations boards or commissions), and classified school employees; employer-employee relations laws administered by the Public Employment Relations Board; and the administration of public officer and public employee retirement, benefits, and investment strategy.[4]
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Public Employment and Retirement Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Public Employment and Retirement Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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Vince Fong (R) left this committee on May 24, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Public Employment and Retirement Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Public Employment and Retirement Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Freddie Rodriguez, Chair | • Travis Allen, Vice chair | |||
| • Sabrina Cervantes | • William Brough | |||
| • Ken Cooley | ||||
| • Jim Cooper | ||||
| • Patrick O'Donnell | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Rob Bonta, Chair | • Marie Waldron, Vice chair | |||
| • Ken Cooley | • Donald P. Wagner | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | ||||
| • Patrick O'Donnell | ||||
| • Anthony Rendon | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Rob Bonta, Chair | • Travis Allen, Vice chair | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | • Diane Harkey | |||
| • Kevin Mullin | ||||
| • Anthony Rendon | ||||
| • Bob Wieckowski | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Warren Furutani, Chair | • Allan R. Mansoor, Vice chair | |||
| • Michael Allen | • Diane Harkey | |||
| • Fiona Ma | ||||
| • Bob Wieckowski | ||||
External links
- ↑ California Legislature—2021-2022 Regular Session, “Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2021–22 Regular Session,” accessed February 19, 2021 (Rule 26-A-6)
- ↑ California Legislature—2021-2022 Regular Session, “Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2021–22 Regular Session,” accessed February 19, 2021 (Rule 26-B)
- ↑ California Legislature—2021-2022 Regular Session, “Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2021–22 Regular Session,” accessed February 19, 2021 (Rule 57)
- ↑ California State Assembly, "Welcome to the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement," accessed February 23, 2021
