republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1061.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: Employment Training Panel: small businesses."
description: "Unemployment insurance: Employment Training Panel: small businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1061"
citation: "California AB 1061 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: Employment Training Panel: small businesses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2995745f-eab9-4eb5-9efb-5097972fa8a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061"
source_hash: "6ca7cb521ced4650944d4d268565a78244d30dd54776450fc06d06105df6f39d"
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 1061 (20032004) — Unemployment insurance: Employment Training Panel: small businesses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106199INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106198AMD)
3. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106197AMD)
4. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106196AMD)
5. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106195AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106194AMD)
7. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106192CHP)
8. **AB1061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061)
9. **09/03/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1061&version=20030AB106193ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1061 firebaugh by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1061 firebaugh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1061 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments by steinberg — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 844, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3357.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 2199.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1972.) `passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-3, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment (Corrected April 17. ). `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/2995745f-eab9-4eb5-9efb-5097972fa8a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).