---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation."
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 his or her employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "California SB 863 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d97644a-2e78-4208-bd36-b02a043dd44d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863"
source_hash: "3c1231e9fbff98d9713dcf8582695cc38c8a1295e986bad0cf0f666936e21752"
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 SB 863 (20112012) — Workers' compensation.

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 his or her employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86399INT)
2. **03/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86398AMD)
3. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86397AMD)
4. **06/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86396AMD)
5. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86395AMD)
6. **08/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86394AMD)
7. **08/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86393AMD)
8. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86391CHP)
9. **SB863** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863)
10. **09/07/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB863&version=20110SB86392ENR)

## Votes

- SB 863 De León Senate Third Reading By SOLORIO — **72–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 863 Lieu Senate Third Reading By SOLORIO Amend By SOLORIO Set #1 — **50–19** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 3 SB863 De León Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)
- Solorio — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 766.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 930.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 983.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
- **2012-08-06** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
- **2012-08-07** From inactive file.
- **2012-08-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-24** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Page 6273.)
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 19. Page 6274.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 6684.)
- **2012-08-31** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 6739.)
- **2012-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6747.)
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 6747.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 5085.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 5131.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 5099.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2012-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 363, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d97644a-2e78-4208-bd36-b02a043dd44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).