2024 CPF Sponsored Bills and Budget Priorities

AB 2284 (Grayson): Grade definition

This bill grants 1937 Act Retirement Systems that have not yet defined “grade” as it applies to the calculation of pensionable compensation the ability to define “grade” as a number of employees that share job duties, schedules, work location, collective bargaining unit, or other logical groupings that are related to their work.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on September 28, 2024.

AB 2408 (Haney): Ban PFAS in Firefighter Turnouts

AB 2408 would prohibit the manufacture, sale, and purchase of firefighter turnouts with intentionally added PFAs by July 1, 2026. This measure was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee by Assembly Member Haney in coordination with CPF in order to allow adequate time for research and development of alternative PPE that does not contain PFAS or other carcinogenic materials.

Status: Held in Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB 2770 (PERS Committee): AB 1020 Clean-up

AB 1020 (Grayson, 2023) aligned the presumptions in the Labor Code with the presumptions in the Government Code for the purposes of disability retirement. This measure will extend the sunset on the PTSI presumption in the Government Code for disability retirement to January 1, 2029, to align with the Labor Code.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on July 15, 2024.

AB 2813 (Aguiar-Curry): ACA 1 Clean-up Measure

ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry, 2023), which if passed by the voters will lower the vote threshold for taxes and bonds for projects including safety infrastructure and equipment, passed the Legislature in 2023 and will be on the ballot in November 2024. During the passage of the measure in the Legislature, the author committed to addressing various stakeholder requests in a clean-up bill.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on July 18, 2024.

AB 3025 (Valencia): 1937 Act Disallowed Compensation Protection

AB 3025 will ensure that retirees in 1937 Act Retirement Systems will still receive their bargained and paid for benefits in retirement and will not be penalized if pensionable compensation is disallowed and a correction needs to be made. This measure will ensure parity for retirees of 1937 Act Retirement System with retirees of CalPERS.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on September 22, 2024.

AB 1168 (Bennett): Emergency medical services (EMS): prehospital EMS

This measure affirms that a city or fire district retains its authority over prehospital EMS services if a city or fire district provides those services and enters or entered into an agreement with a county for the joint exercise of powers for prehospital EMS services consistent with Health and Safety Code 1797.201. Additionally, this measure ensures that a city (Oxnard) that entered into a Joint Powers Agreement prior to the passage of the EMS Act of 1980, and meets other qualifications, shall be treated as if it has rights under Health and Safety Code Section 1797.201.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Vetoed by Governor Newsom on September 28, 2024.

SB 915 (Cortese): Local Regulation of Robotaxis

SB 915 would have authorized the 15 largest cities in California to pass a resolution or ordinance regarding the permitting and operations of companies operating an autonomous vehicle service, as well as required that companies create interoperable override systems that can be accessed by public safety officials in an emergency. This bill was held at the request of Senator Cortese to allow for more discussion on regulation of robotaxis.

Status: Held in Assembly Transportation Committee.

SB 1180 (Ashby): CP/TAD/MIH Reimbursement

SB 1180 will direct health care service plans that are issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2025, to establish a process to reimburse for the services that are provided by a community paramedicine, triage to alternate destination, or mobile integrated health program.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on September 28, 2024.

SB 1215 (GO Committee): State Board of Fire Services Designee

In 2021, CPF sponsored SB 817 (Dodd) which allowed the ex-officio members, including the Chair of the Cal-JAC, to have a designee on the SBFS. The statute was unintentionally amended, removing the ability for an ex-officio member to have a designee. This legislation will restore the provisions of SB 817 and permit the ex-officio members on the SBFS to have a designee.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on July 15, 2024.

SB 1240 (Alvarado-Gil): Diamond Springs Fire Protection District/El Dorado County Fire Protection District Consolidation

When two districts or fire departments consolidate, it often requires state legislation to identify the successor agency for the purposes of the CalPERS retirement system. In 2020, CPF worked on AB 1140 (Stone) which helped facilitate the consolidation of Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District and Central Fire Protection District. This legislation facilitates the consolidation of their districts and establishes a successor agreement for the purposes of the retirement contract.

Status: Passed the Legislature and Signed by Governor Newsom on September 28, 2024.