republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2364.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance: benefits: good cause to leave work."
description: "Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits to eligible individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law authorizes any employer who is entitled to receive specified notice of an unemployment claim, to, within 10 days after mailing of the notice, submit to the Employment Development Department specified facts disclosing whether the claimant for benefits left the employer's employ voluntarily and with good cause under certain circumstances, including, among other things, that the claimant left the employer's employ to protect his or her children or himself or herself from domestic violence abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2364"
citation: "California AB 2364 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance: benefits: good cause to leave work."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daae28e5-af39-4f1d-a152-ad5ff2be8c21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2364"
source_hash: "bddbafc0c3db6b59a16eedb5029b2101f6fccb4e742265f3c110ab41755e3ce0"
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 2364 (20092010) — Unemployment insurance: benefits: good cause to leave work.

Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits to eligible individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law authorizes any employer who is entitled to receive specified notice of an unemployment claim, to, within 10 days after mailing of the notice, submit to the Employment Development Department specified facts disclosing whether the claimant for benefits left the employer's employ voluntarily and with good cause under certain circumstances, including, among other things, that the claimant left the employer's employ to protect his or her children or himself or herself from domestic violence abuse.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2364&version=20090AB236499INT)
2. **08/12/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2364&version=20090AB236498AMD)
3. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2364&version=20090AB236496CHP)
4. **AB2364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2364)
5. **09/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2364&version=20090AB236497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2364 Nava By DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2364 NAVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2364 NAVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4820.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4771.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6558.)
- **2010-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6585.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:20 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daae28e5-af39-4f1d-a152-ad5ff2be8c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).