republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2886.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disability benefits: eligibility determinations: benefit computations: overpayment determinations: appeals."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Employment Development Department to administer the disability compensation program, which provides for the partial compensation for the wage losses suffered by eligible individuals unemployed because of sickness or injury. Existing law requires, after a claim for benefits is filed, the department to determine the eligibility of the claimant for benefits and to notify the claimant of the determination. Existing law allows the claimant to appeal to an administrative law judge within 20 days from mailing or personal service of the determination, which may be extended for good cause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2886"
citation: "California AB 2886 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disability benefits: eligibility determinations: benefit computations: overpayment determinations: appeals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-25"
last_action: "2016-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/732e2893-7e37-4af1-858c-621c937c2b8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2886"
source_hash: "55b891445435b0ff872439ef8fb44a72e7dde2a86b2a384e377ac21e27d6f39a"
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 2886 (20152016) — Disability benefits: eligibility determinations: benefit computations: overpayment determinations: appeals.

Existing law authorizes the Employment Development Department to administer the disability compensation program, which provides for the partial compensation for the wage losses suffered by eligible individuals unemployed because of sickness or injury. Existing law requires, after a claim for benefits is filed, the department to determine the eligibility of the claimant for benefits and to notify the claimant of the determination. Existing law allows the claimant to appeal to an administrative law judge within 20 days from mailing or personal service of the determination, which may be extended for good cause.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2886&version=20150AB288699INT)
2. **03/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2886&version=20150AB288698AMD)
3. **09/09/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2886&version=20150AB288696CHP)
4. **AB2886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2886)
5. **08/22/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2886&version=20150AB288697ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent AB2886 Committee On INS.(Daly) By Mendoza — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2886 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2016-03-28** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** 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`
- **2016-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4464.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-08-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5139.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/732e2893-7e37-4af1-858c-621c937c2b8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).