republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-664.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: contribution rates."
description: "Unemployment insurance: contribution rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 664"
citation: "California AB 664 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: contribution rates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b65b5f95-d76d-4459-825d-8062cd38f1fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664"
source_hash: "852bad81096ae92da7e4648028cfc26d65716e9de7730fe512e1f0e5a81c3a9a"
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 664 (20032004) — Unemployment insurance: contribution rates.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66499INT)
2. **01/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66497AMD)
3. **02/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66496AMD)
4. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66495AMD)
5. **08/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66494AMD)
6. **08/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66493AMD)
7. **09/28/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66491CHP)
8. **09/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66498AMD)
9. **AB664** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664)
10. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB664&version=20030AB66492ENR)

## Votes

- ab 664 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab664 lowenthal by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 664 correa assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 827, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2004-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7971.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7982.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (August 27). Senate amen. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5475.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2004-08-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 4362.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 1.) (January 21). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b65b5f95-d76d-4459-825d-8062cd38f1fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).