republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-326.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational safety and health: reporting requirements."
description: "Under existing law, there is the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires every employer to file a complete report of every occupational injury or occupational illness of each employee, as specified, with the department. Existing law requires an employer to make an immediate report by telephone or telegraph of every case involving an employee's serious injury or illness or death to the division."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 326"
citation: "California AB 326 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational safety and health: reporting requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2014-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c564853-949f-4a7c-9fa2-e86389f6d67b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326"
source_hash: "b5463b1798e4e0b9870f033ef8c15cdd1440d624a23f146f4f730435d1af41c1"
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 326 (20132014) — Occupational safety and health: reporting requirements.

Under existing law, there is the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires every employer to file a complete report of every occupational injury or occupational illness of each employee, as specified, with the department. Existing law requires an employer to make an immediate report by telephone or telegraph of every case involving an employee's serious injury or illness or death to the division.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326&version=20130AB32699INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326&version=20130AB32697AMD)
3. **04/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326&version=20130AB32698AMD)
4. **07/08/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326&version=20130AB32695CHP)
5. **AB326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326)
6. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB326&version=20130AB32696ENR)

## Votes

- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 326 MORRELL Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **2–5** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #17 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3620.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4147.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c564853-949f-4a7c-9fa2-e86389f6d67b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).