republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Development Department: recession plan."
description: "Existing law establishes the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth its powers and duties with respect to job creation activities. Existing law requires the department to develop and implement a recession plan to prepare for an increase in unemployment insurance compensation benefits claims due to an economic recession, and to provide copies of the recession plan and updates to specified legislative committees and to the Department of Finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2129"
citation: "California AB 2129 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment Development Department: recession plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrillo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab1d9f7-dfa0-4433-a865-be5a1ee66c79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129"
source_hash: "b1488d9d079561a5d01b1539d3a44c10a64b845e4ed45941c0c90328b0eb5a6d"
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 2129 (20212022) — Employment Development Department: recession plan.

Existing law establishes the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth its powers and duties with respect to job creation activities. Existing law requires the department to develop and implement a recession plan to prepare for an increase in unemployment insurance compensation benefits claims due to an economic recession, and to provide copies of the recession plan and updates to specified legislative committees and to the Department of Finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129&version=20210AB212999INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129&version=20210AB212998AMD)
3. **04/05/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129&version=20210AB212997AMD)
4. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129&version=20210AB212995CHP)
5. **AB2129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129)
6. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2129&version=20210AB212996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2129 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2129 Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4574.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab1d9f7-dfa0-4433-a865-be5a1ee66c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).