California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

AB 438 — State government: workers' compensation: compensation.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 515, Statutes of 2015.

  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 February 23, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law establishes, in the Department of Industrial Relations, a Division of Workers' Compensation to administer those provisions. In administering and enforcing those provisions, existing law requires the division to protect the interests of injured workers and requires all forms and notices to be given to employees by the division to be in English and Spanish. This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers' Compensation to make specified forms, notices, and fact sheets available in Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, and Vietnamese. The bill would also require the Administrative Director to make recommendations regarding any other documents that should be translated into languages other than English, as specified, and require the department and the division to submit the recommendations and any translated documents to the Legislature, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 515, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3056.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2642.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  13. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  14. Withdrawn from committee.

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

  16. Referred to Coms. on INS. and L. & I.R.

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 1428.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 22).

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

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

  24. Referred to Com. on INS.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chiu

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 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

3rd Reading AB438 Chiu By Pan

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 3000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Vidak — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 438 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69002
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Weber — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Campos — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AB 438 CHIU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 60 Yea · 19 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 551401
Democratic 4000
Republican 1500
Total 601901
% of votes cast 75%24%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kim — Nay
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 13 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11200
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 13400
% of votes cast 76%24%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

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

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8300
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 9400
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Rodriguez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Travis Allen — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 438 do?
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law establishes, in the Department of Industrial Relations, a Division of Workers' Compensation to administer those provisions. In administering and enforcing those provisions, existing law requires the division to protect the interests of injured workers and requires all forms and notices to be given to employees by the division to be in English and Spanish. This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers' Compensation to make specified forms, notices, and fact sheets available in Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, and Vietnamese. The bill would also require the Administrative Director to make recommendations regarding any other documents that should be translated into languages other than English, as specified, and require the department and the division to submit the recommendations and any translated documents to the Legislature, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 438?
AB 438 is sponsored by Alejo, Chiu, and Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 438?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 438?
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