---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment compensation: eligibility: retraining benefits."
description: "Unemployment compensation: eligibility: retraining benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3056"
citation: "California AB 3056 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment compensation: eligibility: retraining benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-28"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43bd58e-02c2-4886-bd94-fd9ad9ea7c0f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3056"
source_hash: "41bb555f01a8fd4f4c0f555dcb135672d327372697e45d4ad1506e4b4f816587"
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 3056 (20072008) — Unemployment compensation: eligibility: retraining benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3056&version=20070AB305699INT)
2. **06/25/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3056&version=20070AB305698AMD)
3. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3056&version=20070AB305696CHP)
4. **AB3056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3056)
5. **08/18/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3056&version=20070AB305697ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3056 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3056 INS. Assembly Third Reading By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3056 Committee on INS. (Coto) By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 5440.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 4991.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-14** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6494.)
- **2008-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6529.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 507, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43bd58e-02c2-4886-bd94-fd9ad9ea7c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).