republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-489.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: change of physician."
description: "Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, that generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment. Existing law requires an employer to provide all medical services reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "California SB 489 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: change of physician."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b112d7-1ef3-4f24-a9fb-4829ba908cb5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489"
source_hash: "cddc4bf9071a566b8dd50561c6c5cec76ec7052800f42c9c01d99cabf9675d42"
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 489 (20172018) — Workers' compensation: change of physician.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, that generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment. Existing law requires an employer to provide all medical services reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489&version=20170SB48999INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489&version=20170SB48998AMD)
3. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489&version=20170SB48997AMD)
4. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489&version=20170SB48995CHP)
5. **SB489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489)
6. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB489&version=20170SB48996ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 489 Bradford Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Calendar # SB489 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 626.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-04-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 801.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2634.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2232.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 240, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b112d7-1ef3-4f24-a9fb-4829ba908cb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).