republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2780.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: individually identifiable information."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. Existing law provides that when benefits are provided or will be provided to a beneficiary under the Medi-Cal program because of an injury for which another person or insurance carrier is liable, the Director of Health Care Services may recover from that person or carrier the reasonable value of benefits so provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2780"
citation: "California AB 2780 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: individually identifiable information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2010-03-03"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f3cfe75-8d08-4639-a448-cadd65a70507"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780"
source_hash: "0e72e10fdab320d1360214b919322e6528c76a58fd4e1e6a087295c66b4b2730"
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 2780 (20092010) — Workers' compensation: individually identifiable information.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. Existing law provides that when benefits are provided or will be provided to a beneficiary under the Medi-Cal program because of an injury for which another person or insurance carrier is liable, the Director of Health Care Services may recover from that person or carrier the reasonable value of benefits so provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780&version=20090AB278099INT)
2. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780&version=20090AB278098AMD)
3. **08/19/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780&version=20090AB278097AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780&version=20090AB278095CHP)
5. **AB2780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780)
6. **09/13/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2780&version=20090AB278096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2780 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #29 AB2780 Committee on INS. (Coto) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2780 Solorio Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2780 SOLORIO Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-03-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-04** From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5054.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-30** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4203.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-08-02** Withdrawn from Enrollment.
- **2010-08-02** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2010-08-02** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2010-08-17** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-08-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-17** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-27** Joint Rules 61(b)(15) and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 4959.)
- **2010-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5020.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-31** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6898.)
- **2010-08-31** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6944.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 611, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f3cfe75-8d08-4639-a448-cadd65a70507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).