---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: Indian tribes."
description: "Unemployment insurance: Indian tribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1537"
citation: "California AB 1537 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: Indian tribes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9487ac-5ece-4ccb-9370-f26839e2550f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537"
source_hash: "b1db8a2c7c6f79fc513b822f7bda53b08d68aef1b6fdaf5eb1b3814b0aa1cf6f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1537 (20012002) — Unemployment insurance: Indian tribes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153799INT)
2. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153798AMD)
3. **05/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153797AMD)
4. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153796AMD)
5. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153795AMD)
6. **09/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153793CHP)
7. **AB1537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537)
8. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1537&version=20010AB153794ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1537 Horton Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1537 Horton By Vincent — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1537 Horton Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 3063.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 2113.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 1780.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad9487ac-5ece-4ccb-9370-f26839e2550f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).