republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1804.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational injuries and illnesses: reporting."
description: "Existing law requires an employer to file a report of every occupational injury or occupational illness, as defined, of each employee that results in lost time beyond the date of the injury or illness, and that requires medical treatment beyond first aid, with the Department of Industrial Relations, on a form prescribed by the department. Existing law requires an employer to immediately report a serious occupational injury, illness, or death to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health by telephone or email, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1804"
citation: "California AB 1804 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational injuries and illnesses: reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Labor and Employment"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4cbeb75-629b-48f4-a51d-1704be27be41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1804"
source_hash: "f0e7315256a432b378ca1c7b941c2ede9063ab2808b9e0d7c1787a011d32d7ff"
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 1804 (20192020) — Occupational injuries and illnesses: reporting.

Existing law requires an employer to file a report of every occupational injury or occupational illness, as defined, of each employee that results in lost time beyond the date of the injury or illness, and that requires medical treatment beyond first aid, with the Department of Industrial Relations, on a form prescribed by the department. Existing law requires an employer to immediately report a serious occupational injury, illness, or death to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health by telephone or email, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1804&version=20190AB180499INT)
2. **06/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1804&version=20190AB180498AMD)
3. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1804&version=20190AB180496CHP)
4. **AB1804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1804)
5. **08/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1804&version=20190AB180497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1804 L. & E. (Kalra) By Hill — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1804 L. & E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1804 L. & E. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Labor and Employment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1480.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1872.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2658.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4cbeb75-629b-48f4-a51d-1704be27be41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).