California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 553 — Workers' compensation: return-to-work program.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Under the workers' compensation system, existing law establishes a return-to-work program for the purpose of making supplemental payments to workers whose permanent disability benefits are disproportionately low in comparison to their earnings loss. Existing law funds this program with $120,000,000 per year derived from the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund. Existing law requires the director to determine eligibility for the payments and the amount of payments, as specified. Existing law also creates a supplemental job displacement benefit for injured employees. This bill would require the director to have the program distribute, by April 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2020, the $120,000,000 annually to eligible workers on the basis of equal shares for each eligible worker. The bill would codify the regulations governing eligibility for the payment which make a worker who is eligible to receive a supplemental job displacement benefit eligible to receive this payment. The bill would also require the employer to notify the director and the worker, in the manner adopted by the director, of the worker's eligibility for this payment. The bill would prohibit a person, including an attorney, from collecting a fee or commission for providing assistance to a worker to apply for benefits provided by the program.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

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

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6826.).

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5802.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).

  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

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

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

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

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 1998.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 26).

  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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

  21. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

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

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

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Daly · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Daly

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 553 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 56 Yea · 22 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 401602
Democratic 16000
Republican 0600
Total 562202
% of votes cast 70%28%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chu — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Fong — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Weber — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB553 Daly By Lara

Passed 26 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221102
Democratic 4100
Total 261202
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Dodd — Yea
De León — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Chang — Nay
Atkins — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 553 DALY Assembly Third Reading

Passed 56 Yea · 18 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 401205
Democratic 15100
Republican 1501
Total 561806
% of votes cast 70%23%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Mayes — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Baker — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Not Voting
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8102
Democratic 4100
Republican 0100
Total 12302
% of votes cast 71%18%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Friedman — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 553 do?
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Under the workers' compensation system, existing law establishes a return-to-work program for the purpose of making supplemental payments to workers whose permanent disability benefits are disproportionately low in comparison to their earnings loss. Existing law funds this program with $120,000,000 per year derived from the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund. Existing law requires the director to determine eligibility for the payments and the amount of payments, as specified. Existing law also creates a supplemental job displacement benefit for injured employees. This bill would require the director to have the program distribute, by April 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2020, the $120,000,000 annually to eligible workers on the basis of equal shares for each eligible worker. The bill would codify the regulations governing eligibility for the payment which make a worker who is eligible to receive a supplemental job displacement benefit eligible to receive this payment. The bill would also require the employer to notify the director and the worker, in the manner adopted by the director, of the worker's eligibility for this payment. The bill would prohibit a person, including an attorney, from collecting a fee or commission for providing assistance to a worker to apply for benefits provided by the program.
Who sponsors AB 553?
AB 553 is sponsored by Daly.
What is the current status of AB 553?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 553?
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