---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: pharmacy products."
description: "Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 378"
citation: "California AB 378 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: pharmacy products."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bc1c7d-704a-445f-9e6f-8a5df0a90da3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378"
source_hash: "9d319aaea21758409ea88ba524242088066b2924169c7337a2c5a76f7a412812"
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 378 (20112012) — Workers' compensation: pharmacy products.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37899INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37898AMD)
3. **05/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37897AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37896AMD)
5. **09/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37895AMD)
6. **09/08/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37894AMD)
7. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37892CHP)
8. **AB378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378)
9. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB378&version=20110AB37893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 378 SOLORIO Assembly Third Reading — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB378 Solorio By DeSaulnier — **15–6** (fail) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB378 Solorio By DeSaulnier — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB378 Solorio By DeSaulnier Reconsider — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 378 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on INS. and B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 1650.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 15. Noes 6. Page 2365.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Motion to reconsider made by Senator DeSaulnier.
- **2011-09-07** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2366.)
- **2011-09-08** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
- **2011-09-08** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Page 2395.)
- **2011-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-09** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. (Page 2446.)
- **2011-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2446.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 3203.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 545, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9bc1c7d-704a-445f-9e6f-8a5df0a90da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).