republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010-special-session-3/ab-23.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: extended benefits."
description: "Existing law provides that, for purposes of eligibility for federal-state extended benefits, an individual have earnings that exceed either 40 times his or her most recent weekly benefit amount or 1.5 times the highest quarter in the base period, and precludes the implementation of the alternative eligibility requirement for federal-state extended benefits unless the Director of the Employment Development Department determines that these provisions have been approved by the United States Department of Labor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010 Special Session 3"
identifier: "AB 23"
citation: "California AB 23 (20092010 Special Session 3)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: extended benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2009-01-15"
last_action: "2009-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39f5ed39-1cdb-40c3-a321-8a981edbad34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23"
source_hash: "1a0c1db605b653825b7d39128685a77ec238e6733bca21a7eae011a7d4ed816f"
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 23 (20092010 Special Session 3) — Unemployment insurance: extended benefits.

Existing law provides that, for purposes of eligibility for federal-state extended benefits, an individual have earnings that exceed either 40 times his or her most recent weekly benefit amount or 1.5 times the highest quarter in the base period, and precludes the implementation of the alternative eligibility requirement for federal-state extended benefits unless the Director of the Employment Development Department determines that these provisions have been approved by the United States Department of Labor.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2399INT)
2. **03/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2398AMD)
3. **03/09/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2397AMD)
4. **03/16/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2396AMD)
5. **03/23/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2395AMD)
6. **03/27/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2393CHP)
7. **AB23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23)
8. **03/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB23&version=20093AB2394ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB23 Coto (Desaulnier) Lay on Table — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 23 COTO Third Reading Urgency Amend By COTO Set #1 Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 23 COTO Third Reading Urgency Third Extraordinary Session — **fail** (fail) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB23 Coto Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 23 COTO Third Reading Urgency Amend By BLAKESLEE Set #1 Lay on the Table Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 23 COTO Third Reading Urgency Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 23 COTO Third Reading Urgency Third Extraordinary Session — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)
- Arambula — author (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — principal coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-16** From printer.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-04** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-09** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (March 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-16** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 52. Noes 10. Page 166.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2009-03-16** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Coto.
- **2009-03-16** Reconsideration granted. (Page 166.)
- **2009-03-16** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-16** (Ayes 54. Noes 12. Page 167.)
- **2009-03-16** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 53. Noes 9. Page 169.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Reconsideration granted.
- **2009-03-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 179.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-25** Read second time. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 125.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-03-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2009-03-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39f5ed39-1cdb-40c3-a321-8a981edbad34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).