Existing law, until 2023, defines "injury" for purposes of workers' compensation insurance to include illness or death resulting from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under specified circumstances, and creates a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of the course of employment and is compensable. This presumption is applicable to specified public safety, firefighter, and medical occupation, among others, as specified.
California AB 845 (20212022) — Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption.
Existing law, until 2023, defines "injury" for purposes of workers' compensation insurance to include illness or death resulting from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under specified circumstances, and creates a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of the course of employment and is compensable. This presumption is applicable to specified public safety, firefighter, and medical occupation, among others, as specified.
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] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Rodriguez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2021-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1330.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1905.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2021-07-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23954c06-bc61-4acc-9d31-3a41a9e8918e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).