---
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: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1160"
citation: "California SB 1160 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/150281a2-7770-484e-8c62-27e42852384c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160"
source_hash: "a525c68192c48d3751ac91b7d4c919f5a03c5225afd615342ab3b9bac09af8a7"
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 1160 (20152016) — 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. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116099INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116098AMD)
3. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116097AMD)
4. **06/20/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116096AMD)
5. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116095AMD)
6. **08/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116094AMD)
7. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116092CHP)
8. **SB1160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160)
9. **09/06/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1160&version=20150SB116093ENR)

## Votes

- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1160 Mendoza Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1160 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By DALY — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)
- Pan — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3520.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4004.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4045.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6477.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5549.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5607.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 5558.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 868, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/150281a2-7770-484e-8c62-27e42852384c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).