---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: workers' compensation: state rate supervision."
description: "Insurance: workers' compensation: state rate supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1985"
citation: "California AB 1985 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: workers' compensation: state rate supervision."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9773bb4-7d53-41ca-96d1-27805045d7ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985"
source_hash: "168140ccfb0af178170597bde3c2e94e56f047e02994bcf834fc228a3928d60c"
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 1985 (20012002) — Insurance: workers' compensation: state rate supervision.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198599INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198598AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198597AMD)
4. **05/20/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198596AMD)
5. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198595AMD)
6. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198593CHP)
7. **AB1985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985)
8. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1985&version=20010AB198594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1985 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1985 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1985 Calderon By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 873, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 7812.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 5413.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 6295.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 7.) (May 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** 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/a9773bb4-7d53-41ca-96d1-27805045d7ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).