republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1729.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance."
description: "Unemployment insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1729"
citation: "California AB 1729 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-03-26"
last_action: "2002-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25707edc-7035-4fa9-bf5c-c8973cba2431"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729"
source_hash: "e2ed00912e21d42e71d6d91d69b55e7ddb5ab409e7d18b8194cc5c904107f1c8"
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 1729 (20012002) — Unemployment insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/26/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729&version=20010AB172999INT)
2. **01/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729&version=20010AB172997AMD)
3. **01/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729&version=20010AB172996AMD)
4. **04/23/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729&version=20010AB172994CHP)
5. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729&version=20010AB172998AMD)
6. **AB1729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729)
7. **04/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1729&version=20010AB172995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1729 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1729 Committee on Insurance (Calderon) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-04-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 29, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-04-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-04-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-04-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-04-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3694.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-03-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-03-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4632.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-14** 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`
- **2001-05-01** 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`
- **2001-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** From printer. May be heard in committee April 26.
- **2001-03-26** 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/25707edc-7035-4fa9-bf5c-c8973cba2431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).