--- type: "Bill" title: "Employment: workers' compensation and piece-rate compensation." description: "(1) 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: "20152016" identifier: "AB 1513" citation: "California AB 1513 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Employment: workers' compensation and piece-rate compensation."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Williams"] version_count: 7 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-03-05" last_action: "2015-10-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ebf619d-7442-47c4-a4c9-48d35c7dbba2" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513" source_hash: "dac5172bae34f6dc5b5b8e3499515f1b950ca7ec95aa19cc510bd952d1eb5948" 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 1513 (20152016) — Employment: workers' compensation and piece-rate compensation. (1) 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. **03/05/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513&version=20150AB151399INT) 2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513&version=20150AB151398AMD) 3. **08/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513&version=20150AB151397AMD) 4. **09/09/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513&version=20150AB151396AMD) 5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513&version=20150AB151394CHP) 6. **AB1513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513) 7. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1513&version=20150AB151395ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1513 Williams By Mendoza — **30–8** (pass) · upper - AB 1513 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower - That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1513 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **58–13** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Williams — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5. - **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 977.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-02** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mendoza. - **2015-08-27** From inactive file. - **2015-08-27** Ordered to second reading. - **2015-08-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee` - **2015-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee` - **2015-09-09** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2647.) - **2015-09-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-10** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (September 10). `committee-passage` - **2015-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2754.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3194.) - **2015-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 3206.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ebf619d-7442-47c4-a4c9-48d35c7dbba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).