California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 483 — Workers' compensation: Internet Web sites.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 241, Statutes of 2009.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2009. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides that a licensed rating organization shall make available specified policy information relating to workers' compensation insurance, as specified. This bill would provide that a licensed rating organization shall, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Insurance Commissioner after notice and hearing, establish and maintain an Internet Web site, as specified, for the purposes of assisting any person to determine whether an employer is insured for workers' compensation. This bill would specify who may submit an inquiry and for what purpose, what information shall be available on the Internet Web site, and would provide that a rating organization would not be required to disclose, on the Internet Web site, certain specified information or confidential information, as specified. The bill would provide that the Internet Web site shall be accessible for inquiries without charge, but the commissioner may at his or her discretion, permit the rating organization to impose access restrictions as necessary to deter the use of the Internet Web site for purposes other than which it was intended. This bill would provide that the Internet Web site contain specified information, or a hypertext link to insurer information on the Department of Industrial Relations' Internet Web site, and a hypertext link to the department for the purpose of locating employers who may be self-insured. This bill would require that the Internet Web site be operational within one year after adoption of regulations by the commissioner, and be updated as specified. This bill would require the commissioner to adopt regulations to implement this act and provide for dispute resolution regarding the accuracy of the information displayed on the Internet Web site. This bill would provide civil immunity, as specified, to rating organizations, and specified persons acting within their capacity as members of the organization, or employees acting within the scope of their employment, who release information. This bill would provide that it shall not be construed to create liability, as specified, or construed to limit the authority of a rating organization to disclose information contained in its records to others. This bill would require the commissioner to conduct a review, evaluation, and assessment of the Internet Web site, as specified, to provide a written report no later than July 1, 2013, of his or her findings to various state legislative and executive entities, and to make the report available on its own Internet Web site.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 241, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3264.)

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 7. Page 2295.)

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. Read third time, amended. To second reading.

  9. Read second time. To third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 24).

  11. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 14).

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 17).

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I.

  18. Referred to Coms. on B., F. & I. and JUD.

  19. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  20. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1622.)

  21. Read second time. To third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  23. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27).

  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 1).

  26. Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Buchanan · Primary
  • De Leon · Cosponsor
  • Jones · Cosponsor
  • Portantino · Cosponsor
  • De La Torre · Cosponsor
  • Lieu · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Buchanan

Co-sponsors (5)

  • De Leon
  • Jones
  • Portantino
  • De La Torre
  • Lieu

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 483 BUCHANAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 84002
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 90002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Charles — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Bass — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Not Voting
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Villines — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB483 Buchanan By Corbett

Passed 34 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31700
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 34700
% of votes cast 83%17%0%0%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Wright — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 8 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8500
Total 8500
% of votes cast 62%38%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Leno — Yea
Runner — Nay
Price — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Nay
Denham — Nay

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Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary.

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 6103
Total 8103
% of votes cast 67%8%0%25%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Lowenthal — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Cogdill — Yea
Correa — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Cox — Nay
Florez — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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AB 483 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 82002
Democratic 5000
Republican 3000
Total 90002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Charles — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
Saldana — Not Voting
Yamada — Yea
Bass — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huber — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nava — Not Voting
Nielsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Tran — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hall — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Miller — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Price — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 483 do?
Existing law provides that a licensed rating organization shall make available specified policy information relating to workers' compensation insurance, as specified. This bill would provide that a licensed rating organization shall, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Insurance Commissioner after notice and hearing, establish and maintain an Internet Web site, as specified, for the purposes of assisting any person to determine whether an employer is insured for workers' compensation. This bill would specify who may submit an inquiry and for what purpose, what information shall be available on the Internet Web site, and would provide that a rating organization would not be required to disclose, on the Internet Web site, certain specified information or confidential information, as specified. The bill would provide that the Internet Web site shall be accessible for inquiries without charge, but the commissioner may at his or her discretion, permit the rating organization to impose access restrictions as necessary to deter the use of the Internet Web site for purposes other than which it was intended. This bill would provide that the Internet Web site contain specified information, or a hypertext link to insurer information on the Department of Industrial Relations' Internet Web site, and a hypertext link to the department for the purpose of locating employers who may be self-insured. This bill would require that the Internet Web site be operational within one year after adoption of regulations by the commissioner, and be updated as specified. This bill would require the commissioner to adopt regulations to implement this act and provide for dispute resolution regarding the accuracy of the information displayed on the Internet Web site. This bill would provide civil immunity, as specified, to rating organizations, and specified persons acting within their capacity as members of the organization, or employees acting within the scope of their employment, who release information. This bill would provide that it shall not be construed to create liability, as specified, or construed to limit the authority of a rating organization to disclose information contained in its records to others. This bill would require the commissioner to conduct a review, evaluation, and assessment of the Internet Web site, as specified, to provide a written report no later than July 1, 2013, of his or her findings to various state legislative and executive entities, and to make the report available on its own Internet Web site.
Who sponsors AB 483?
AB 483 is sponsored by Buchanan, De Leon, Jones, Portantino, De La Torre, and Lieu.
What is the current status of AB 483?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2009. Enacted.
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