Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to eligible persons who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law deems an employee unemployed in any week if the employee works less than their usual weekly hours of work for the employee's regular employer as the result of the employer's participation in a work sharing plan that meets specified requirements and has been approved by the Director of Employment Development, pursuant to which the employer, in lieu of layoff, reduces employment and stabilizes the workforce. Existing law requires an employer who wishes to participate in the work sharing program to submit to the director a signed, written work sharing plan application form that meets specified requirements.
California AB 1854 (20212022) — Unemployment insurance: work sharing plans.
Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to eligible persons who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law deems an employee unemployed in any week if the employee works less than their usual weekly hours of work for the employee's regular employer as the result of the employer's participation in a work sharing plan that meets specified requirements and has been approved by the Director of Employment Development, pursuant to which the employer, in lieu of layoff, reduces employment and stabilizes the workforce. Existing law requires an employer who wishes to participate in the work sharing program to submit to the director a signed, written work sharing plan application form that meets specified requirements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1854 Boerner Horvath Consent Calendar Second Day — 61–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1854 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
2022-02-18 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-21 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-1, reading-2
2022-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4578.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-18 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4435.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2022-07-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-07-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 112, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da794bd8-8c2d-4496-a68e-8a02210cfd06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).