republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2181.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: reports of occupational injury or illness."
description: "Workers' compensation: reports of occupational injury or illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2181"
citation: "California AB 2181 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: reports of occupational injury or illness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d17f353-d701-47ce-b332-dc08f6a2a5e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181"
source_hash: "e38ef16930f0101383bc8992ea422312b7e6490336db541d66cafa668bded9b6"
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 2181 (20072008) — Workers' compensation: reports of occupational injury or illness.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218199INT)
2. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218198AMD)
3. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218197AMD)
4. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218196AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218195AMD)
6. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218194AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218192CHP)
8. **AB2181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181)
9. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2181&version=20070AB218193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2181 RUSKIN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #36 AB2181 Ruskin By Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2181 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5165.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** (Corrected August 4.)
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5065.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6617.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 740, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d17f353-d701-47ce-b332-dc08f6a2a5e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).