Workers' compensation: disability payments.
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 the employee's employment. Existing law governs temporary and permanent disability indemnity payments. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, allows an employer to commence a program under which disability indemnity payments are deposited in a prepaid card account for employees. This bill would extend the authorization to deposit indemnity payments in a prepaid card account until January 1, 2024.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Assembly Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jul 2022
Introduced Feb 15, 2022
Signed Jul 19, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2022 · Assembly May 12, 2022
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jun 30, 2022
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
R
Republican9
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Jul 19, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 30, 2022
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
lower
Jun 30, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4574.).
upper
Jun 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
upper
Jun 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
May 25, 2022
Committee
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
upper
May 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.)
lower
May 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4).
lower
Mar 30, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on INS.
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
Referred to Com. on INS.
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
Introduced. To print.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lisa Calderon
DDemocratic
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