--- type: "Bill" title: "Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals." description: "(1) Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to pay unemployment compensation benefits to eligible claimants. Existing law requires the department to make a prompt notification of various rulings, determinations, and computations, including a notification to an employer of a department ruling or determination as to the cause of a claimant's termination of employment, and a notification to a claimant of the determination of the claimant's eligibility for benefits, as specified. Existing law authorizes reconsideration of a determination of eligibility within 20 days after mailing a notice of a determination. Existing law also authorizes an appeal from a ruling, determination, or computation within 20 days of a notice, as specified, and authorizes an extension of this deadline for good cause." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1314" citation: "California SB 1314 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Monning"] version_count: 7 action_count: 31 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2014-02-21" last_action: "2014-09-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ece1f1b-e65d-4747-8235-512a31f7d451" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314" source_hash: "4a856cee5d3168a1a5fc3d0f378efee6bb0e8acf0ceca4f83a3dc4f5d6954724" 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 SB 1314 (20132014) — Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals. (1) Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to pay unemployment compensation benefits to eligible claimants. Existing law requires the department to make a prompt notification of various rulings, determinations, and computations, including a notification to an employer of a department ruling or determination as to the cause of a claimant's termination of employment, and a notification to a claimant of the determination of the claimant's eligibility for benefits, as specified. Existing law authorizes reconsideration of a determination of eligibility within 20 days after mailing a notice of a determination. Existing law also authorizes an appeal from a ruling, determination, or computation within 20 days of a notice, as specified, and authorizes an extension of this deadline for good cause. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131499INT) 2. **05/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131498AMD) 3. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131497AMD) 4. **06/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131496AMD) 5. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131494CHP) 6. **SB1314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314) 7. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131495ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1314 Monning Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent #14 — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1314 Monning Senate Third Reading By PEREA — **78–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Monning — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-12** Set for hearing April 9. - **2014-04-03** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2014-04-04** Set for hearing April 23. - **2014-04-10** April 23 hearing rescheduled for April 24. - **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3258.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-04-29** Set for hearing May 5. - **2014-04-29** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12. - **2014-05-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-05-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-14** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3468.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6230.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4688.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 399, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ece1f1b-e65d-4747-8235-512a31f7d451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).