republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-375.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation."
description: "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 workers' compensation law establishes requirements that govern, among other things, the certification of medical examination interpreters, dispute resolution processes for medical and billing disputes, and the allowance of liens against any sum to be paid as compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 375"
citation: "California SB 375 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009d9bf5-ecf5-42c5-add1-3469da040a16"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375"
source_hash: "13051896712e20af8908dddb87fa83fd5e5bb628c72fe426fc59058079cde880"
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 SB 375 (20132014) — Workers' compensation.

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 workers' compensation law establishes requirements that govern, among other things, the certification of medical examination interpreters, dispute resolution processes for medical and billing disputes, and the allowance of liens against any sum to be paid as compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375&version=20130SB37599INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375&version=20130SB37598AMD)
3. **05/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375&version=20130SB37597AMD)
4. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375&version=20130SB37596AMD)
5. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375&version=20130SB37594CHP)
6. **SB375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375)
7. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB375&version=20130SB37595ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB375 Committee on L. & I.R. (Monning) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 375 L. & I.R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #5 SB375 Committee on L. & I.R. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2013-05-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 882.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 973.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2555.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1970.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 287, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/009d9bf5-ecf5-42c5-add1-3469da040a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).