republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1314.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to pay unemployment compensation benefits to eligible claimants. Existing law requires the department to make a prompt notification of various rulings, determinations, and computations, including a notification to an employer of a department ruling or determination as to the cause of a claimant's termination of employment, and a notification to a claimant of the determination of the claimant's eligibility for benefits, as specified. Existing law authorizes reconsideration of a determination of eligibility within 20 days after mailing a notice of a determination. Existing law also authorizes an appeal from a ruling, determination, or computation within 20 days of a notice, as specified, and authorizes an extension of this deadline for good cause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1314"
citation: "California SB 1314 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ece1f1b-e65d-4747-8235-512a31f7d451"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314"
source_hash: "4a856cee5d3168a1a5fc3d0f378efee6bb0e8acf0ceca4f83a3dc4f5d6954724"
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 SB 1314 (20132014) — Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals.

(1) Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to pay unemployment compensation benefits to eligible claimants. Existing law requires the department to make a prompt notification of various rulings, determinations, and computations, including a notification to an employer of a department ruling or determination as to the cause of a claimant's termination of employment, and a notification to a claimant of the determination of the claimant's eligibility for benefits, as specified. Existing law authorizes reconsideration of a determination of eligibility within 20 days after mailing a notice of a determination. Existing law also authorizes an appeal from a ruling, determination, or computation within 20 days of a notice, as specified, and authorizes an extension of this deadline for good cause.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131499INT)
2. **05/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131498AMD)
3. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131497AMD)
4. **06/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131496AMD)
5. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131494CHP)
6. **SB1314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314)
7. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1314&version=20130SB131495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1314 Monning Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #14 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1314 Monning Senate Third Reading By PEREA — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2014-04-03** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2014-04-10** April 23 hearing rescheduled for April 24.
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3258.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2014-04-29** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3468.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6230.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4688.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 399, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ece1f1b-e65d-4747-8235-512a31f7d451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).