Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market
Summary
Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Governor
Introduced May 16, 2025
Last action Jun 4, 2026
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A8482
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A8482A
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MODERATE
This bill amends the Workers' Compensation Law to formally codify the prohibition against withholding benefits based on an injured worker's attachment to the labor market. It also restructures the statute by adding a new subdivision to Section 15 and updating the bill's procedural status to reflect that it has been amended and ordered for a third reading.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope regarding labor market attachment remains consistent with previous versions, but the legal structure of the statute is modified to add a new subdivision and update the effective date clause.
TECHNICAL
Updated the bill header to reflect its amended status and new reference number (A 8482--A, Cal. No. 213).
Revised the amendment instruction for Section 15 to state that the paragraph should be 'amended to read as follows' rather than 'amended and a new paragraph y is added'.
REQUIREMENT
Changed the introductory text of the act to include additional sponsors (Jacobson, Santabarbara, Sayegh) and noted that the bill has been ordered to a third reading.
Added a new Section 2 that explicitly amends the Workers' Compensation Law to add a new subdivision 10 regarding labor market attachment.
TIMELINE
Updated the effective date clause from 'Section 8' to 'Section 3' to match the new section numbering scheme.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026 · Assembly May 27, 2025
How they voted
60–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
Jun 4, 2026
D
Democratic41
92% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 13, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
upper
May 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8482A
lower
May 27, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
upper
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 20, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 16, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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