Existing law disqualifies an individual for unemployment compensation benefits if that individual willfully, for the purpose of obtaining unemployment compensation benefits, either made a false statement or representation, including, but not limited to, using a false name, false social security number, or other false identification, with actual knowledge of the falsity of it, or withheld a material fact in order to obtain unemployment compensation benefits. An individual disqualified from unemployment compensation benefits for making a false statement or representation or withholding material facts is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for certain periods of time, as provided.
California AB 397 (20212022) — Unemployment insurance: benefits: disqualification: notice.
Existing law disqualifies an individual for unemployment compensation benefits if that individual willfully, for the purpose of obtaining unemployment compensation benefits, either made a false statement or representation, including, but not limited to, using a false name, false social security number, or other false identification, with actual knowledge of the falsity of it, or withheld a material fact in order to obtain unemployment compensation benefits. An individual disqualified from unemployment compensation benefits for making a false statement or representation or withholding material facts is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for certain periods of time, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 397 Mayes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 397 Mayes Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB397 Mayes et al. By Wilk — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mayes — primary (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Chiu — author (person)
Nazarian — coauthor (person)
Santiago — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2021-03-25 Coauthors revised.
2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1818.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2021-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1694.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-15 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2515.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2972.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d53b2f34-1865-4798-af78-4fb7f1ed105c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).