republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2732.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' 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. Existing law generally provides for the reimbursement of medical providers for services rendered in connection with the treatment of a worker's injury, and requires an employer to establish a medical treatment utilization review process, in compliance with specified requirements. Existing law provides for an independent medical review process to resolve disputes over a utilization review decision for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2013, and for any decision that is communicated to the requesting physician on or after July 1, 2013, regardless of the date of injury. Under existing law, as part of its notification to the employee regarding an initial utilization review decision that denies, modifies, or delays a treatment recommendation, an employer is required to provide the employee with a one-page form prescribed by the administrative director, and an addressed envelope, which the employee may return to the administrative director or the administrative director's designee to initiate an independent medical review. Under existing law, an employer is required to include on this form any information required by the administrative director to facilitate the completion of the independent medical review. Existing law specifies the required contents of the form."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2732"
citation: "California AB 2732 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f0a2a8f-6a7d-4b8f-9449-885ea0d63311"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732"
source_hash: "9178787ca2ec6103ed8b90ce91dfa0e1fd29609dc83f19a1208ce267091a088e"
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 2732 (20132014) — Workers' 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. Existing law generally provides for the reimbursement of medical providers for services rendered in connection with the treatment of a worker's injury, and requires an employer to establish a medical treatment utilization review process, in compliance with specified requirements. Existing law provides for an independent medical review process to resolve disputes over a utilization review decision for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2013, and for any decision that is communicated to the requesting physician on or after July 1, 2013, regardless of the date of injury. Under existing law, as part of its notification to the employee regarding an initial utilization review decision that denies, modifies, or delays a treatment recommendation, an employer is required to provide the employee with a one-page form prescribed by the administrative director, and an addressed envelope, which the employee may return to the administrative director or the administrative director's designee to initiate an independent medical review. Under existing law, an employer is required to include on this form any information required by the administrative director to facilitate the completion of the independent medical review. Existing law specifies the required contents of the form.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732&version=20130AB273299INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732&version=20130AB273298AMD)
3. **06/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732&version=20130AB273297AMD)
4. **08/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732&version=20130AB273295CHP)
5. **AB2732** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732)
6. **08/06/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2732&version=20130AB273296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 AB2732 Committee on INS. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2732 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PEREA — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2732 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4851.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4257.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5843.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 217, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f0a2a8f-6a7d-4b8f-9449-885ea0d63311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).