---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: fraud."
description: "Workers' compensation: fraud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2866"
citation: "California AB 2866 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: fraud."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a0900b2-8c99-43d2-b522-500e216595f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866"
source_hash: "866d135aeec9a9e07c793dace4e76d766389c26fba14554f5a083b5d74f20930"
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 2866 (20032004) — Workers' compensation: fraud.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866&version=20030AB286699INT)
2. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866&version=20030AB286698AMD)
3. **05/10/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866&version=20030AB286697AMD)
4. **08/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866&version=20030AB286695CHP)
5. **AB2866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866)
6. **08/10/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2866&version=20030AB286696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2866 frommer assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2866 frommer by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on labor and industrial relations recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4876.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 6111.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 5). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/4a0900b2-8c99-43d2-b522-500e216595f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).