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Bill	Workers' compensation: liability presumptions.	Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries arising out of and in the course of their employment. Existing law requires an injured employee to file a claim form with the employer. Under existing law, except for specified injuries, if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the date the claim form is filed with the employer, the injury is presumed compensable and the presumption is rebuttable only by evidence discovered subsequent to the 90-day period.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1127	California SB 1127 (20212022)	bill	Workers' compensation: liability presumptions.	enacted	Atkins	7	28	8	2022-02-16	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/44ab35d7-07e7-4358-8438-5fcdcd8b1e77	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1127	cfb71f531d594277f77fbd4dedd0601934b389af5ecaf63ba9f828fcad563dd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1127 (20212022) — Workers' compensation: liability presumptions.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries arising out of and in the course of their employment. Existing law requires an injured employee to file a claim form with the employer. Under existing law, except for specified injuries, if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the date the claim form is filed with the employer, the injury is presumed compensable and the presumption is rebuttable only by evidence discovered subsequent to the 90-day period.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/13/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1127 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• SB 1127 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Grayson — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB1127 Atkins et al. — 28–9 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1127 Atkins et al. Concurrence — 28–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Cooper — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — author (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — author (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-16 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-17 From printer.
• 2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2022-03-11 Set for hearing March 21.
• 2022-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3168.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2022-04-04 April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3784.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3863.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 5335.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 835, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44ab35d7-07e7-4358-8438-5fcdcd8b1e77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).