---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: Internet Web sites."
description: "Existing law provides that a licensed rating organization shall make available specified policy information relating to workers' compensation insurance, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 483"
citation: "California AB 483 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: Internet Web sites."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b200528f-6453-4003-b33f-5e68b07d5d8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483"
source_hash: "65449052948c16a44672bed6cabec070ff39c1330318f4bd5ca274929ea977e1"
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 483 (20092010) — Workers' compensation: Internet Web sites.

Existing law provides that a licensed rating organization shall make available specified policy information relating to workers' compensation insurance, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48399INT)
2. **06/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48398AMD)
3. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48397AMD)
4. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48396AMD)
5. **09/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48395AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48393CHP)
7. **AB483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483)
8. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB483&version=20090AB48394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 483 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB483 Buchanan By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 483 BUCHANAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)
- De La Torre — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2009-03-16** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1622.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Coms. on B., F. & I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 7. Page 2295.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3264.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 241, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b200528f-6453-4003-b33f-5e68b07d5d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).