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Bill	Workers' compensation.	Under existing law, a person injured in the course of employment is generally entitled to receive workers' compensation on account of that injury. Existing law provides that, in the case of certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term "injury" includes various medical conditions that are developed or manifested during a period while the member is in the service of the department or unit, and establishes a disputable presumption in this regard.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 542	California SB 542 (20192020)	bill	Workers' compensation.	enacted	Stern	6	31	8	2019-02-22	2019-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/34153527-715f-471e-bce8-43acc55350a9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB542	075a8857dcac831ef6a72ec88f9ed882a1d52afc7d23f6664d1495db8a636768	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 542 (20192020) — Workers' compensation.

Under existing law, a person injured in the course of employment is generally entitled to receive workers' compensation on account of that injury. Existing law provides that, in the case of certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term "injury" includes various medical conditions that are developed or manifested during a period while the member is in the service of the department or unit, and establishes a disputable presumption in this regard.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/13/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB542 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB542 Stern et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 542 Stern Senate Third Reading By Irwin — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)
• Bloom — principal coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — principal coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Irwin — principal coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — coauthor (person)
• Smith — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 654.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2019-04-22 April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1102.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 1189.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-08-12 (Received at desk July 17 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10)).
• 2019-08-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-21 August 21 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-08-28 August 28 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2019-08-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3322.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2852.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 390, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34153527-715f-471e-bce8-43acc55350a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).