Legislation Affects Retirees
Consistent with our mission, CalSTRS advocates in the legislative arena to ensure continued security for the state's retired educators. Measures enacted in 2007 that affect retirees and bills pending for 2008 are described in brief on this page. Positions taken by the Teachers' Retirement Board are in italics at the end of each bill summary.
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| Bills signed by the Governor, which took effect January 1 | |
|---|---|
| Assembly Bill 1432 (Soto) | Conforms the Teachers' Retirement Law to federal law by allowing domestic partners of CalSTRS members and participants to roll certain benefit distributions over into qualified pension plans. Sponsor. |
| Assembly Joint Resolution 5 (Hernandez) | Requests that the President and the Congress enact the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act. Support. |
| Senate Bill 901 (Padilla) | Extends the current post-retirement earnings limit exemptions until June 30, 2009, and then repeals them on January 1, 2010. Sponsor. |
| Bills pending before the Legislature | |
|---|---|
| Assembly Bill 36 (Niello) | Criminalizes making false material statements or representations in applying for CalSTRS benefits or knowingly accepting benefit payments to which one is not entitled.Support. |
| Senate Bill 11 (Migden) | Revises the criteria that apply to opposite-sex couples who wish to establish a registered domestic partnership by removing the requirement that at least one of the partners be at least age 62 and allowing partners age 18 and older to register. Support if amended. |
| Senate Bill 369 (Vincent) | Requires the Teachers' Retirement Board to file with the Legislature a one-year study of school districts that do not provide health benefits for retired teachers.Pending. |
| Senate Bill 879 (Calderon) | Allows retirees who serve as substitute teachers for their former employing district within five years of retirement to retain, rather than forfeit, their two-year service credit retirement incentive.Watch. |
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