republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1695.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy to combat tax violations and cash-pay employment, and requires the membership of the Strike Force to be composed of representatives of specified state agencies, including representatives from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. Existing law abolishes the Office of Criminal Justice Planning as of January 1, 2004, and transfers all powers of the former Office of Criminal Justice Planning to the Office of Emergency Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1695"
citation: "California AB 1695 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfc21a86-0cf6-4089-b043-241c185d8565"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1695"
source_hash: "12817a6eac97b6b901b01c94ce710e2cc656e8b5309d11fda421cdd40a4023a0"
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 1695 (20172018) — Unemployment insurance.

(1) Existing law establishes the Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy to combat tax violations and cash-pay employment, and requires the membership of the Strike Force to be composed of representatives of specified state agencies, including representatives from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. Existing law abolishes the Office of Criminal Justice Planning as of January 1, 2004, and transfers all powers of the former Office of Criminal Justice Planning to the Office of Emergency Services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1695&version=20170AB169599INT)
2. **03/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1695&version=20170AB169598AMD)
3. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1695&version=20170AB169596CHP)
4. **AB1695** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1695)
5. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1695&version=20170AB169597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1695 INS. Assembly Third Reading By DALY — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1059.)
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1189.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1845.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:40 p.m.
- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 117, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfc21a86-0cf6-4089-b043-241c185d8565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).