republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1245.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: electronic reporting and funds transfers."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits for eligible individuals in the state who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law requires an employer, as defined, to file a report of contributions, a quarterly return, a report of wages paid, and an annual reconciliation return, as specified, to the Director of Employment Development and to make contributions for unemployment insurance premiums. Existing law provides that an electronic funds transfer of contributions satisfies the report of contributions filing requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1245"
citation: "California AB 1245 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: electronic reporting and funds transfers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cdddc74-66a6-4515-b669-120281b7ffaf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245"
source_hash: "9f71456ffa1b58eda815febc5e738f01646f14348d47d22144967ecb75b11587"
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 1245 (20152016) — Unemployment insurance: electronic reporting and funds transfers.

(1) Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits for eligible individuals in the state who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law requires an employer, as defined, to file a report of contributions, a quarterly return, a report of wages paid, and an annual reconciliation return, as specified, to the Director of Employment Development and to make contributions for unemployment insurance premiums. Existing law provides that an electronic funds transfer of contributions satisfies the report of contributions filing requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245&version=20150AB124599INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245&version=20150AB124598AMD)
3. **05/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245&version=20150AB124597AMD)
4. **07/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245&version=20150AB124596AMD)
5. **08/17/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245&version=20150AB124594CHP)
6. **AB1245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245)
7. **07/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1245&version=20150AB124595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1245 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1245 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1245 Cooley By Lara — **36–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1374.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1475.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 1903.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 2419.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cdddc74-66a6-4515-b669-120281b7ffaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).