California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 375 — Employment Development Department: unemployment insurance claimants: assistance.

Last action — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law establishes the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth its powers and duties, including administration of the unemployment and disability insurance programs for California. Existing law requires the department to pay unemployment compensation benefits to unemployed individuals meeting specified requirements, to periodically review policies and practices used to determine eligibility for and the amount of benefits in the unemployment insurance program, and to report to the Legislature, as specified. Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, and the expenses for administering these provisions are paid from the Unemployment Administration Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. This bill would require the department to implement a formal policy no later than October 1, 2021, that establishes a process for tracking and periodically analyzing call information data to determine the reasons why unemployment insurance claimants call the department for assistance. The bill would require the department, every 6 months thereafter, to analyze the data it has collected in order to improve its call center. The bill would require the department, in conducting its analysis, to identify and resolve weaknesses or problems with the way it provides assistance to claimants. The bill would require the department to take additional actions, including to develop a recession plan to prepare for future economic downturns by January 1, 2022, to update that recession plan at least once every 3 years thereafter, and to report this information to the Legislature, as specified. Because this bill would authorize the expenditure of funds from the Unemployment Administration Fund for new purposes, the bill would make an appropriation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  3. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  4. Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)

  5. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)

  6. Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.

  7. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  8. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

  9. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wilk

Co-sponsors (1)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 375 do?
Existing law establishes the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth its powers and duties, including administration of the unemployment and disability insurance programs for California. Existing law requires the department to pay unemployment compensation benefits to unemployed individuals meeting specified requirements, to periodically review policies and practices used to determine eligibility for and the amount of benefits in the unemployment insurance program, and to report to the Legislature, as specified. Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, and the expenses for administering these provisions are paid from the Unemployment Administration Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. This bill would require the department to implement a formal policy no later than October 1, 2021, that establishes a process for tracking and periodically analyzing call information data to determine the reasons why unemployment insurance claimants call the department for assistance. The bill would require the department, every 6 months thereafter, to analyze the data it has collected in order to improve its call center. The bill would require the department, in conducting its analysis, to identify and resolve weaknesses or problems with the way it provides assistance to claimants. The bill would require the department to take additional actions, including to develop a recession plan to prepare for future economic downturns by January 1, 2022, to update that recession plan at least once every 3 years thereafter, and to report this information to the Legislature, as specified. Because this bill would authorize the expenditure of funds from the Unemployment Administration Fund for new purposes, the bill would make an appropriation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 375?
SB 375 is sponsored by Wilk and Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 375?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 375?
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