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type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance."
description: "(1) Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefits are based on wages paid in a base period that is calculated according to the month within which the benefit year begins."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010 Special Session 3"
identifier: "AB 29"
citation: "California AB 29 (20092010 Special Session 3)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-03-23"
last_action: "2009-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b237152e-3a41-4de0-9a48-3fe5bfe48ab0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB29"
source_hash: "68ef771ea2c20f1fae6b772a10c0942314b4f61098abbb719ba781b9acddd870"
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 29 (20092010 Special Session 3) — Unemployment insurance.
(1) Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefits are based on wages paid in a base period that is calculated according to the month within which the benefit year begins.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **03/23/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB29&version=20093AB2999INT)
2. **03/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB29&version=20093AB2998AMD)
3. **03/27/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB29&version=20093AB2996CHP)
4. **AB29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB29)
5. **03/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB29&version=20093AB2997ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 29 COTO Assembly Third Reading Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB29 Coto By Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 29 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Coto — primary (person)
- Garrick — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-03-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** From printer.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-23** Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 178.)
- **2009-03-23** Read second time. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 181.) `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: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 126.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-03-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 6. Page 193.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 23, 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/b237152e-3a41-4de0-9a48-3fe5bfe48ab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).