California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1844: Judges’ Retirement System II: beneficiaries.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 75522, 75522.5, 75570, 75570.5, 75571.5, 75590, and 75591 of, and to add Sections 75571.7 and 75574 to, the Government Code, relating to judges’ retirement. judges’ retirement Judges’ Retirement System II: beneficiaries. Existing law establishes the Judges’ Retirement System II, which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and provides pension and other benefits to judges who are members…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 75522, 75522.5, 75570, 75570.5, 75571.5, 75590, and 75591 of, and to add Sections 75571.7 and 75574 to, the Government Code, relating to judges’ retirement. judges’ retirement Judges’ Retirement System II: beneficiaries. Existing law establishes the Judges’ Retirement System II, which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and provides pension and other benefits to judges who are members. Existing law authorizes a judge to elect one of 4 optional retirement payment plans, with variations, in lieu of receiving the maximum retirement allowance for their life alone. The optional plans provide for a reduced allowance payable to the judge for life and a payment or allowance payable to their surviving spouse, as specified. Under existing law, the 100 Percent Beneficiary Option 2 with Benefit Allowance Increase consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid to the judge until the judge’s death and thereafter to have the same monthly allowance paid to the judge’s surviving spouse for life, as provided, and the 50 Percent Beneficiary Option 3 with Benefit Allowance Increase consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid to the judge until the judge’s death and thereafter to have 1 2 of the monthly allowance paid to the judge’s surviving spouse for life, as provided. This …
Sponsors
- Blanca Pacheco (D, AD64) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6794.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Votes
- AB 1844 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 28, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Special Consent AB1844 Pacheco By Laird (August 27, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 10, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1844 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading (March 26, 2026): 73 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1844?
- AB1844 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Judges’ Retirement System II: beneficiaries.
- What does AB1844 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Sections 75522, 75522.5, 75570, 75570.5, 75571.5, 75590, and 75591 of, and to add Sections 75571.7 and 75574 to, the Government Code, relating to judges’ retirement. judges’ retirement Judges’ Retirement System II: beneficiaries. Existing law establishes the Judges’ Retirement System II, which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and provides pension and other benefits to judges who are members…
- What is the status of AB1844?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1844?
- Blanca Pacheco (D, AD64).
- Where is the official record for AB1844?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1844
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