republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1845.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: employment retraining benefits."
description: "Unemployment insurance: employment retraining benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1845"
citation: "California AB 1845 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: employment retraining benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-01-29"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2300016b-9442-4678-95f3-808acf97ec83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845"
source_hash: "523af1ea18dcc0ef77d0116f9e3420fc1dee941b3285eae2de5ee52794ac05b1"
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 1845 (20032004) — Unemployment insurance: employment retraining benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845&version=20030AB184599INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845&version=20030AB184598AMD)
3. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845&version=20030AB184597AMD)
4. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845&version=20030AB184596AMD)
5. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845&version=20030AB184594CHP)
6. **AB1845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845)
7. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1845&version=20030AB184595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1845 lowenthal by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- be referred to committee on insurance. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1845 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1845 lowenthal assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 800, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 7665.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 5199.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-09** 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`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-10** 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`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 5822.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 21). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
- **2004-01-29** 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/2300016b-9442-4678-95f3-808acf97ec83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).