California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 4 D cosponsors

SB 213 — Workers' compensation: hospital employees.

Last action — June 22 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.

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

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 employment. Existing law creates a rebuttable 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, until January 1, 2023, creates a rebuttable presumption of injury for various employees, including an employee who works at a health facility, as defined, to include an illness or death resulting from COVID-19, if specified circumstances apply. This bill would define "injury," for a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital, to include infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and respiratory diseases. The bill would include the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) , among other conditions, in the definitions of infectious and respiratory diseases. The bill would create rebuttable presumptions that these injuries that develop or manifest in a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital arose out of and in the course of the employment. The bill would extend these presumptions for specified time periods after the hospital employee's termination of employment.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. June 22 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.

  2. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

  3. Referred to Com. on INS.

  4. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 2843.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Ordered to second reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. Ordered to second reading.

  12. From inactive file.

  13. Ordered to inactive file.

  14. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1420.)

  15. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Cortese.

  16. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 10.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1183.) (May 20).

  19. Set for hearing May 20.

  20. April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing April 19.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Set for hearing March 22.

  24. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  25. March 8 hearing postponed by committee.

  26. Set for hearing March 8.

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

  28. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.

  29. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

115 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 SB213 Cortese et al.

Passed 21 Yea · 9 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9608
Democratic 12001
Republican 0301
Total 219010
% of votes cast 53%23%0%25%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Newman — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Hueso — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Glazer — Nay
Borgeas — Nay
Dodd — Not Voting
Bradford — Not Voting
Pan — Not Voting
Rubio — Not Voting
Bates — Not Voting
Portantino — Not Voting
Min — Not Voting
Roth — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB213 Cortese et al. Reconsider

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19004
Democratic 12001
Republican 4000
Total 35005
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Roth — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Newman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Pan — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Wilk — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Not Voting
Min — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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3rd Reading SB213 Cortese et al.

Failed 20 Yea · 10 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10706
Democratic 10003
Republican 0301
Total 2010010
% of votes cast 50%25%0%25%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Newman — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Dodd — Nay
Glazer — Nay
Bates — Nay
Hueso — Nay
Borgeas — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Nielsen — Not Voting
Roth — Not Voting
Portantino — Not Voting
Rubio — Not Voting
Pan — Not Voting
Min — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Nay

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Nay
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 213 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 rebuttable 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, until January 1, 2023, creates a rebuttable presumption of injury for various employees, including an employee who works at a health facility, as defined, to include an illness or death resulting from COVID-19, if specified circumstances apply. This bill would define "injury," for a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital, to include infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and respiratory diseases. The bill would include the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) , among other conditions, in the definitions of infectious and respiratory diseases. The bill would create rebuttable presumptions that these injuries that develop or manifest in a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital arose out of and in the course of the employment. The bill would extend these presumptions for specified time periods after the hospital employee's termination of employment.
Who sponsors SB 213?
SB 213 is sponsored by Cortese, Dave (Democratic), Caballero, Anna M. (Democratic), Durazo, Maria Elena (Democratic), Leyva, Newman, Skinner, and Kalra, Ash (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 213?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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 SB 213?
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