--- type: "Bill" title: "Workers' compensation: peace officers." description: "Existing law designates various persons as peace officers, including officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services. 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 their employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption, applicable to officers and employees in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, that heart trouble that develops or manifests during a period when the employee is in the service of the department arose out of and in the course of employment." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 1125" citation: "California AB 1125 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Workers'compensation", "peaceofficers"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-20" last_action: "2025-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50e0a174-86a5-43d1-897f-f8ca0de31c9b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125" source_hash: "d11892e92f84c7e26eff474dcd69a535097814bc8559d396edcdcf2f838d25cf" 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 1125 (20252026) — Workers' compensation: peace officers. Existing law designates various persons as peace officers, including officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services. 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 their employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption, applicable to officers and employees in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, that heart trouble that develops or manifests during a period when the employee is in the service of the department arose out of and in the course of employment. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125&version=20250AB112599INT) 2. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125&version=20250AB112598AMD) 3. **08/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125&version=20250AB112597AMD) 4. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125&version=20250AB112596AMD) 5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125&version=20250AB112594CHP) 6. **AB1125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125) 7. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1125&version=20250AB112595ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1125 Nguyen By Durazo — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1125 Nguyen Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1125 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Nguyen — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. - **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1664.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-04** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-27** From Consent Calendar. - **2025-06-27** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2664.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3232.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50e0a174-86a5-43d1-897f-f8ca0de31c9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).