---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation."
description: "Workers' compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 262"
citation: "California AB 262 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6854bce7-ecc8-4eb3-ae2b-9016536ef7c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262"
source_hash: "2677dfe8d4f0ef128cfe43f981605708a11d762392d3aa19a81080f58a2f7944"
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 262 (20012002) — Workers' compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26299INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26298AMD)
3. **04/19/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26296AMD)
4. **04/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26295AMD)
5. **06/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26294AMD)
6. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26293AMD)
7. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26292AMD)
8. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26291AMD)
9. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26289CHP)
10. **AB262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262)
11. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB262&version=20010AB26290ENR)

## Votes

- AB 262 Correa Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB262 Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 262 Correa Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 589, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3768.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2757.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-27** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2241.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2216.) `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23** 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`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** 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`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance 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`
- **2001-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/6854bce7-ecc8-4eb3-ae2b-9016536ef7c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).