California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 R cosponsors

AB 196 — Workers' compensation: COVID-19: essential occupations and industries.

Last action — Ordered to inactive file by unanimous consent.

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

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.

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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 employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of employment. Existing law establishes procedures for filing a workers' compensation claim, including a 90-day investigatory period prior to acceptance or denial. Existing law presumes a claim is accepted if it is not denied within the first 90 days after filing. This bill would define "injury," for certain employees who are employed in an occupation or industry deemed essential in the Governor's Executive Order of March 19, 2020 (Executive Order N-33-20) , except as specified, or who are subsequently deemed essential, to include coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that develops or manifests itself during a period of employment of those persons in the essential occupation or industry. The bill would apply to injuries occurring on or after March 1, 2020, would create a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment, and would extend that presumption following termination of service for a period of 90 days, commencing with the last date actually worked. The bill would shorten the investigatory timeframe for denial or presumed acceptance of a claim to 30 days, rather than 90 days.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file by unanimous consent.

  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  5. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20).

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

  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  9. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 1858.)

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 16).

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

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

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

  18. Referred to Com. on INS.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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

Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5100
Republican 0100
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 196 Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading

Passed 66 Yea · 7 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39603
Democratic 24001
Republican 3103
Total 66707
% of votes cast 83%9%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Brough — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Frazier — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Mathis — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
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
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 14 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6001
Unaffiliated 8102
Total 14103
% of votes cast 78%6%0%17%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Brough — Nay
Obernolte — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea

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

Passed 12 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 7101
Republican 1000
Total 12101
% of votes cast 86%7%0%7%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Cooper — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Chu — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Bigelow — Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea

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Subjects

labor health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 196 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 employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of employment. Existing law establishes procedures for filing a workers' compensation claim, including a 90-day investigatory period prior to acceptance or denial. Existing law presumes a claim is accepted if it is not denied within the first 90 days after filing. This bill would define "injury," for certain employees who are employed in an occupation or industry deemed essential in the Governor's Executive Order of March 19, 2020 (Executive Order N-33-20) , except as specified, or who are subsequently deemed essential, to include coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that develops or manifests itself during a period of employment of those persons in the essential occupation or industry. The bill would apply to injuries occurring on or after March 1, 2020, would create a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment, and would extend that presumption following termination of service for a period of 90 days, commencing with the last date actually worked. The bill would shorten the investigatory timeframe for denial or presumed acceptance of a claim to 30 days, rather than 90 days.
Who sponsors AB 196?
AB 196 is sponsored by Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 196?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 196?
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