AB 438 California Assembly · 2015-2016 Regular Session

State government: workers' compensation: compensation.

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 status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2015

Committee Review

Sep 2015

Assembly Passage

May 2015

Senate Passage

Sep 2015

Signed into Law

Oct 2015

Introduced Feb 23, 2015 Signed Oct 6, 2015

Floor votes · Senate Sep 10, 2015 · Assembly May 14, 2015

How they voted

30–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 33

Sep 10, 2015

D Democratic23

23 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

7 Yea 3

70% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Oct 6, 2015

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Sep 10, 2015

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (30-0-3)

senate

Sep 10, 2015

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Sep 9, 2015

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Jul 6, 2015

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jun 25, 2015

Committee

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

upper

Jun 11, 2015

Committee

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

upper

Jun 2, 2015

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Jun 1, 2015

Committee

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

upper

May 28, 2015

Committee

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

upper

May 14, 2015

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (54-17-1)

assembly

Apr 22, 2015

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 8, 2015

Committee

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

lower

Apr 7, 2015

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on INS.

lower

Mar 5, 2015

Committee

Referred to Com. on INS.

lower

Feb 24, 2015

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors