California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

AB 908 — Disability compensation: disability insurance.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 5, Statutes of 2016.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 11 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing unemployment compensation disability law provides a formula for determining benefits available to qualifying disabled individuals. For an individual who has quarterly base wages of greater than $1,749.20, the weekly benefit is calculated by multiplying base wages by 55% and dividing the result by 13. For a benefit that is not a multiple of $1, existing law provides that the benefit shall be computed to the next higher multiple of $1. However, existing law provides that this amount may not exceed the maximum workers' compensation temporary disability indemnity weekly benefit amount. Under existing law, the family temporary disability insurance program provides up to 6 weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for specified persons, or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption. Existing law defines "weekly benefit amount" for purposes of this program to mean the amount of benefits available to qualifying disabled individuals pursuant to unemployment compensation disability law. This bill would revise the formula for determining benefits available pursuant to unemployment compensation disability law and for the family temporary disability insurance program, for periods of disability commencing after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2022, to provide a weekly benefit amount minimum of $50 and increase the wage replacement rate to specified percentages, but not to exceed the maximum workers' compensation temporary disability indemnity weekly benefit amount established by the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to existing law. Existing law deems an individual to be eligible for family temporary disability benefits if, among other things, the individual is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work for a 7-day waiting period during each disability benefit period. and prohibits payments for benefits during this waiting period. This bill, on and after January 1, 2018, also would remove the 7-day waiting period for these benefits. This bill, by authorizing an increase in the expenditure of money from the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, would make an appropriation. This bill would require, by July 1, 2017, the Employment Development Department to report to the Assembly Committee on Insurance and Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations specified information regarding the waiting period for disability benefits. The bill also would require, by March 1, 2021, the department to prepare a report to the Legislature and specified legislative committees on levels and trends regarding utilization, costs, and rates with respect to family leave and disability insurance.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 5, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:38 p.m.

  4. Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.

  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.

  6. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 11. Page 3814.).

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 3145.).

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.

  12. In Senate. Held at Desk.

  13. Ordered to the Senate.

  14. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3169.)

  15. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2743.).

  17. From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 10).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. From committee: Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 that the measure be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.)

  20. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b) .

  22. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  23. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  24. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  25. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27).

  26. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  28. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  29. Referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  30. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  31. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 1758.)

  32. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  33. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

  34. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  35. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  36. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

  37. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.

  38. Referred to Com. on INS.

  39. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  40. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Alejo · Cosponsor
  • Burke · Cosponsor
  • Bonilla · Cosponsor
  • Gomez · Primary
  • Jeff Gonzalez · Cosponsor
  • Holden · Cosponsor
  • Levine · Cosponsor
  • Nazarian · Cosponsor
  • Weber · Cosponsor
  • Corey A. Jackson · Cosponsor
  • Mia Bonta · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Gomez

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (111)

111 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 908 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 62 Yea · 11 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57904
Democratic 4000
Republican 1202
Total 621106
% of votes cast 78%14%0%8%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Dodd — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB908 Gomez By Jackson

Passed 28 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 261001
Democratic 2100
Total 281101
% of votes cast 70%28%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Nay
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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3rd Reading AB908 Gomez By Jackson

Passed 27 Yea · 13 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 251200
Democratic 2100
Total 271300
% of votes cast 68%33%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Bates — Nay
Huff — Nay
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 908 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading

Passed 60 Yea · 17 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 551203
Democratic 4000
Republican 1500
Total 601703
% of votes cast 75%21%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Salas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Nay
Harper — Nay
Chang — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Kim — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 10300
Republican 0200
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chang — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Daly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 10 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8201
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 10201
% of votes cast 77%15%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 908 do?
Existing unemployment compensation disability law provides a formula for determining benefits available to qualifying disabled individuals. For an individual who has quarterly base wages of greater than $1,749.20, the weekly benefit is calculated by multiplying base wages by 55% and dividing the result by 13. For a benefit that is not a multiple of $1, existing law provides that the benefit shall be computed to the next higher multiple of $1. However, existing law provides that this amount may not exceed the maximum workers' compensation temporary disability indemnity weekly benefit amount. Under existing law, the family temporary disability insurance program provides up to 6 weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for specified persons, or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption. Existing law defines "weekly benefit amount" for purposes of this program to mean the amount of benefits available to qualifying disabled individuals pursuant to unemployment compensation disability law. This bill would revise the formula for determining benefits available pursuant to unemployment compensation disability law and for the family temporary disability insurance program, for periods of disability commencing after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2022, to provide a weekly benefit amount minimum of $50 and increase the wage replacement rate to specified percentages, but not to exceed the maximum workers' compensation temporary disability indemnity weekly benefit amount established by the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to existing law. Existing law deems an individual to be eligible for family temporary disability benefits if, among other things, the individual is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work for a 7-day waiting period during each disability benefit period. and prohibits payments for benefits during this waiting period. This bill, on and after January 1, 2018, also would remove the 7-day waiting period for these benefits. This bill, by authorizing an increase in the expenditure of money from the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, would make an appropriation. This bill would require, by July 1, 2017, the Employment Development Department to report to the Assembly Committee on Insurance and Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations specified information regarding the waiting period for disability benefits. The bill also would require, by March 1, 2021, the department to prepare a report to the Legislature and specified legislative committees on levels and trends regarding utilization, costs, and rates with respect to family leave and disability insurance.
Who sponsors AB 908?
AB 908 is sponsored by Alejo, Burke, Bonilla, Gomez, Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), Holden, Levine, Nazarian, Weber, Jackson, Corey A. (Democratic), and Bonta, Mia (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 908?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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