---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers'compensation: fraud."
description: "Workers'compensation: fraud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004 Special Session 4"
identifier: "AB 13"
citation: "California AB 13 (20032004 Special Session 4)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers'compensation: fraud."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-12-10"
last_action: "2004-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b753b42e-2bab-4e1b-baa4-ef2d20f99c31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320044AB13"
source_hash: "eb2ae5a4a257dd8ee113de1f9ff135eedec822a1e08a8bfbface48dbc05609dc"
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 13 (20032004 Special Session 4) — Workers'compensation: fraud.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/10/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320044AB13&version=20034AB1399INT)
2. **07/06/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320044AB13&version=20034AB1397CHP)
3. **AB13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320044AB13)
4. **06/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320044AB13&version=20034AB1398ENR)

## Votes

- ab 13 firebaugh consent calendar second day fourth extraordinary session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab13 firebaugh — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-06-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 102.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 124.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-12-11** From printer.
- **2003-12-10** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b753b42e-2bab-4e1b-baa4-ef2d20f99c31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).