---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: injuries."
description: "Workers' compensation: injuries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2043"
citation: "California AB 2043 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: injuries."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb411622-8dbd-45cb-9e2e-48b35fc97fa7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043"
source_hash: "7ed24873d45f101f44a75b3aa396cc804ca3ee524cdccbcafe8ce4d9d67b1d43"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2043 (19992000) — Workers' compensation: injuries.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204399INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204398AMD)
3. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204397AMD)
4. **04/13/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204396AMD)
5. **06/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204395AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204394AMD)
7. **08/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204393AMD)
8. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204391CHP)
9. **AB2043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043)
10. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2043&version=19990AB204392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2043 Maddox By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2043 MADDOX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2043 MADDOX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 883, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 8291.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 5942.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-09** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 3. Page 6025.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 5). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb411622-8dbd-45cb-9e2e-48b35fc97fa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).