California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 227 — Workers' compensation.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2003.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 29, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    5 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2003.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Assembly adopts Conference report. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 3867.)

  5. Senate adopts Conference report. To enrollment. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 2576.)

  6. From Conference Committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in and that the bill be further amended. (Assembly (Ayes 2. (Vargas and Nunez)) (Noes 0.) (Senate (Ayes 2. (Burton and Alarcon)) (Noes 0.).

  7. Assembly Member Lieber appointed as nonvoting alternate member of Conference Committee.

  8. Assembly Members Vargas, Nunez, and Maddox appointed to Conference Committee.

  9. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2881.) Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. To Conference Committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 73. Page 2881.)

  10. Senators Burton, Alarcon, and Poochigian appointed to Conference Committee.

  11. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1902.)

  12. Read second time. To third reading.

  13. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  14. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.).

  16. Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.

  18. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2272.)

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading.

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.

  21. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 30).

  22. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance.

  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended.

  24. Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Banking and Finance.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Nunez · Cosponsor
  • Alarcon · Cosponsor
  • Burton · Cosponsor
  • Vargas · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Vargas

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Nunez
  • Alarcon
  • Burton

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ab 227 vargas concurrence in senate amendments

Failed 1 Yea · 78 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17404
Democratic 0401
Republican 0001
Total 17806
% of votes cast 1%92%0%7%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Nay
Chu — Nay
Corbett — Nay
Longville — Nay
Lowenthal — Nay
Maddox — Nay
Matthews — Nay
Maze — Nay
McCarthy — Nay
Montanez — Nay
Mountjoy — Nay
Nakanishi — Nay
Nakano — Nay
Nation — Nay
Negrete — Nay
Nunez — Nay
Parra — Nay
Plescia — Nay
Richman — Nay
Runner — Nay
Salinas — Nay
Samuelian — Nay
Spitzer — Nay
Wesson — Nay
Daucher — Not Voting
Firebaugh — Not Voting
Wyland — Nay
Dutton — Not Voting
Maldonado — Nay
Mullin — Nay
Oropeza — Nay
Pavley — Nay
Simitian — Not Voting
Steinberg — Nay
Wiggins — Nay
Wolk — Nay
Aghazarian — Nay
Harman — Nay
Leno — Nay
Berg — Nay
Bermudez — Nay
Bogh — Nay
Campbell — Nay
Canciamilla — Nay
Chan — Nay
Chavez — Nay
Levine — Nay
Cohn — Nay
Diaz — Nay
Dutra — Nay
Dymally — Nay
Frommer — Nay
Garcia — Nay
Goldberg — Nay
Haynes — Nay
Jerome — Nay
Horton — Nay
Shirley — Nay
Horton — Nay
Houston — Nay
Keene — Nay
Koretz — Nay
La — Nay
La — Nay
Suer — Nay
Leslie — Nay
Lieber — Nay
Bates — Nay
Benoit — Nay
Kehoe — Nay
Liu — Nay
McLeod — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Nay
Vargas — Yea
Cogdill — Nay
Correa — Nay
Cox — Nay
Yee — Nay
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Nay
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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assembly 3rd reading ab227 vargas

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33000
Total 33000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
Ackerman — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Battin — Yea
Brulte — Yea
Burton — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Machado — Yea
Margett — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Murray — Yea
Oller — Yea
Perata — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Scott — Yea
Sher — Yea
Soto — Yea
Speier — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Knight — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea

Official roll call →

ab 227 vargas assembly third reading

Passed 83 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 75002
Democratic 7000
Republican 1000
Total 83002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bermudez — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Canciamilla — Yea
Chan — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Keene — Yea
La — Yea
Malfa — Yea
La — Yea
Suer — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Maze — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Montanez — Yea
Mountjoy — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Richman — Yea
Runner — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Haynes — Not Voting
Koretz — Not Voting
Harman — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Bates — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Chu — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Yee — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 7 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16601
Democratic 1100
Total 17701
% of votes cast 68%28%0%4%
How each member voted (25)
Member Party Vote
Corbett — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Berg — Yea
Chan — Yea
Leno — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Nation — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Daucher — Nay
Haynes — Nay
Runner — Nay
Samuelian — Nay
Yee — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Bates — Nay
Maldonado — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Correa — Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Nay

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

Passed 13 Yea · 3 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13303
Democratic 0001
Total 13304
% of votes cast 65%15%0%20%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Chavez — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Koretz — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Bogh — Nay
Mountjoy — Nay
Campbell — Not Voting
Richman — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Benoit — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Correa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

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AB 227 is sponsored by Nunez, Alarcon, Burton, and Vargas.
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