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Bill Workers' compensation: death benefits. 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. Under existing law, when a local employee who is a firefighter or peace officer, as specified, and that employee is killed or dies as a result of an accident or injury caused by external violence of physical force incurred in the performance of their duty, the employer is required to continue providing health benefits to the deceased employee's minor dependents under the benefits extended to the surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, until the minor dependent is 21 years of age. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 447 California SB 447 (20252026)
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California SB 447 (20252026) — Workers' compensation: death benefits.

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. Under existing law, when a local employee who is a firefighter or peace officer, as specified, and that employee is killed or dies as a result of an accident or injury caused by external violence of physical force incurred in the performance of their duty, the employer is required to continue providing health benefits to the deceased employee's minor dependents under the benefits extended to the surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, until the minor dependent is 21 years of age.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/18/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB447 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Special Consent SB447 Umberg et al. — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass — 60 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • SB 447 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day — 740 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 170 (pass) · lower
  • Special Consent — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Umberg — primary (person)
  • Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
  • 2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-18 Set for hearing March 26.
  • 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 568.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
  • 2025-04-07 April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1200.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-23 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
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2927.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 653, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0192b78a-b02d-49ee-9e3d-a7a090b77402. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).