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Bill Workers' compensation: post-traumatic stress disorder. 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 employment. Existing law provides, until January 1, 2025, that, for certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term "injury" includes post-traumatic stress that develops or manifests during a period in which the injured person is in the service of the department or unit and creates a disputable presumption that the injury arises out of and comes in the course of employment. Existing law requires the compensation awarded pursuant to this provision to include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 SB 623 California SB 623 (20232024)
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California SB 623 (20232024) — Workers' compensation: post-traumatic stress disorder.

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 employment. Existing law provides, until January 1, 2025, that, for certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term "injury" includes post-traumatic stress that develops or manifests during a period in which the injured person is in the service of the department or unit and creates a disputable presumption that the injury arises out of and comes in the course of employment. Existing law requires the compensation awarded pursuant to this provision to include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB623 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 130 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB623 Laird et al. Concurrence — 390 (pass) · upper
  • SB 623 Laird Senate Third Reading By Wood — 790 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 51 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading SB623 Laird et al. — 350 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Laird — primary (person)
  • Connolly — coauthor (person)
  • Grayson — coauthor (person)
  • Stern — principal coauthor (person)
  • Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
  • 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 12.
  • 2023-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 712.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-04-18 Set for hearing April 24.
  • 2023-04-24 April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
  • 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
  • 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1177.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1219.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
  • 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
  • 2023-09-01 Coauthors revised.
  • 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
  • 2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3165.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2023-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2680.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 621, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7aebe174-8eea-4efb-8380-453458c11ba1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).