AB 496 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Unemployment and disability insurance: quality of services: reporting.

Summary
Existing law, for purposes of unemployment insurance provisions, requires employers to make contributions with respect to unemployment insurance and disability insurance from the wages paid to their employees. Existing law establishes, within the state disability insurance program administered by the Employment Development Department, a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the paid family leave program, for the provision of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as specified. This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office, on or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature that evaluates the quality of services provided by the department to the public with regard to unemployment and disability insurance. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2031.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026
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02/10/25 - Introduced AB496 · 1 edit
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No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of AB 496. The legislative text is identical in both versions, requiring the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit annual reports on the quality of unemployment and disability insurance services starting January 1, 2027, with repeal on January 1, 2031. The differences are entirely in document formatting and presentation, with the second version including website navigation elements from a web page capture.
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5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on INS.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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