---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: disability benefits."
description: "Unemployment insurance: disability benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2149"
citation: "California AB 2149 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: disability benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c21c5e06-c73e-4b64-93c1-72fda80f11a0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2149"
source_hash: "893fb9cad3375b793cc1e76ccdb8df31b5be63a2d38aa60c1137fd6114ed4dfb"
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 2149 (20012002) — Unemployment insurance: disability benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2149&version=20010AB214999INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2149&version=20010AB214998AMD)
3. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2149&version=20010AB214996CHP)
4. **AB2149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2149)
5. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2149&version=20010AB214997ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2149 Chu By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2149 Chu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 878, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5355.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 6289.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 5.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 4.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c21c5e06-c73e-4b64-93c1-72fda80f11a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).