20250SB__085496CHP INTRODUCED 2025-03-04 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-04-10 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-08-28 PASSED_SENATE 2025-05-01 ENROLLED 2025-08-29 CHAPTERED 2025-10-01 APPROVED 2025-10-01 FILED 2025-10-01 SB CHP CHP Introduced by Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement (Senators Smallwood-Cuevas (Chair), Cortese, Durazo, Laird, and Strickland) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Senators Smallwood-Cuevas (Chair), Cortese, Durazo, Laird, and Strickland

An act to add

Section to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance. unemployment insurance Unemployment insurance. 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. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 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.