---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: audits."
description: "Workers' compensation: audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 812"
citation: "California AB 812 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: audits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874f5092-bb17-4bc9-bdb1-5a8a81845071"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812"
source_hash: "aafc5048e19e59f32e7be07360f484680075146fb219667652eb487de4ed3b52"
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 812 (20072008) — Workers' compensation: audits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81299INT)
2. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81298AMD)
3. **05/02/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81297AMD)
4. **06/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81296AMD)
5. **07/10/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81295AMD)
6. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81293CHP)
7. **AB812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812)
8. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB812&version=20070AB81294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 812 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 812 HERNANDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB812 Hernandez By Runner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1434.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-13** (Corrected July 12.)
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2258.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-05** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2925.)
- **2007-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2933.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874f5092-bb17-4bc9-bdb1-5a8a81845071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).