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Bill	Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption.	Existing law, until January 1, 2023, establishes a disability retirement presumption that is applicable to the members of various public employee retirement systems who are employed in certain firefighter, public safety officer, and health care job classifications, among others, who test positive for COVID-19, as specified. Existing law requires, if the member retires for disability on the basis, in whole or in part, of a COVID-19-related illness, that it be presumed that the disability arose out of, or in the course of, the member's employment, unless rebutted.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 551	California AB 551 (20212022)	bill	Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption.	enacted	Rodriguez	6	31	7	2021-02-10	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4ae50a6b-1b74-4678-af09-73b0a2de4401	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB551	8f100ab014b2a99ddc03a9d3e443877af62a7bca7a56619fc93b089393fdb345	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 551 (20212022) — Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption.

Existing law, until January 1, 2023, establishes a disability retirement presumption that is applicable to the members of various public employee retirement systems who are employed in certain firefighter, public safety officer, and health care job classifications, among others, who test positive for COVID-19, as specified. Existing law requires, if the member retires for disability on the basis, in whole or in part, of a COVID-19-related illness, that it be presumed that the disability arose out of, or in the course of, the member's employment, unless rebutted.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/09/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/28/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB551 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB551 Rodriguez By Hertzberg — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 551 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — 54–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 551 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-03 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Rodriguez.
• 2022-01-18 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Rodriguez.
• 2022-01-19 From inactive file.
• 2022-01-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 3398.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-05-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5173.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
• 2022-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 31). committee-passage
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ae50a6b-1b74-4678-af09-73b0a2de4401. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).