AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2025

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 240

Statutes of 2025

[ Approved by Governor October 1, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 1, 2025. ]

Introduced by Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement (Senators Smallwood-Cuevas (Chair), Cortese, Durazo, Laird, and Strickland)

March 4, 2025

An act to add Section 22 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law, the Unemployment Insurance Code, governs unemployment insurance in the state, including, among other things, the administration of unemployment and disability compensation. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of the code.

This bill would define “mail,” “mailing,” or “mailed” to include a writing transmitted by the United States Postal Service or other common mail carrier or by electronic transmission, as specified.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 22 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:

22.

Except as otherwise specified, for purposes of this code, “mail,” “mailing,” or “mailed” include a writing transmitted by the United States Postal Service or other common mail carrier or by electronic transmission. For purposes of an electronic transmission, “postmark date” means the date on which the writing was sent.