republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-118.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: education and workforce investment systems."
description: "Existing law provides that the California Workforce Investment Board is responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system. Existing law further provides that the board must assist the Governor in targeting resources to specified high-wage industry sectors and providing guidance to ensure that services reflect the needs of those sectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "California SB 118 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: education and workforce investment systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-17"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c4cb28-e622-4366-9c57-49766ff3f55a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB118"
source_hash: "16c4d66a9c4854f06428d1661a8d4e60da63289d33fcdb9a028439e9cf265ff0"
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 118 (20132014) — Unemployment insurance: education and workforce investment systems.

Existing law provides that the California Workforce Investment Board is responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system. Existing law further provides that the board must assist the Governor in targeting resources to specified high-wage industry sectors and providing guidance to ensure that services reflect the needs of those sectors.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB118&version=20130SB11899INT)
2. **08/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB118&version=20130SB11898AMD)
3. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB118&version=20130SB11896CHP)
4. **SB118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB118)
5. **09/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB118&version=20130SB11897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB118 Lieu Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 118 Lieu Senate Third Reading By HERNÁNDEZ — **76–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
- **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Set for hearing March 13.
- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 291.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-22** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 605.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2721.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2035.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 562, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97c4cb28-e622-4366-9c57-49766ff3f55a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).