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 the employee's employment. Existing law governs temporary and permanent disability indemnity payments. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, allows an employer to commence a program under which disability indemnity payments are deposited in a prepaid card account for employees.
California AB 2148 (20212022) — Workers' compensation: disability payments.
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 the employee's employment. Existing law governs temporary and permanent disability indemnity payments. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, allows an employer to commence a program under which disability indemnity payments are deposited in a prepaid card account for employees.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2148 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2148 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4574.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2022-07-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-07-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 120, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82ef14cb-ffa1-4339-92cf-7f29f95880e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).