---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance."
description: "Unemployment insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1867"
citation: "California AB 1867 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e90d5f-b526-4ad9-945e-07ae485dab47"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1867"
source_hash: "7a9cd9e0c8301b046b3784f187cb375b557734395b5d340fd07d17a54878b9b5"
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 1867 (20032004) — Unemployment insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1867&version=20030AB186799INT)
2. **AB1867** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1867)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1867 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1867 vargas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1867 vargas by poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 773, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 7951.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7864.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 26). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7864.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 26). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5352.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. From committee: return to Senate floor. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2004-07-01** To inactive file on motion of Senator Alarcon.
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 5601.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2004-02-03** 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/47e90d5f-b526-4ad9-945e-07ae485dab47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).