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Bill	Workers' compensation.	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 requires an employer to provide all medical services reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury. Existing law establishes a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and sets forth various proceedings that are required to be brought forth before the board.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 487	California SB 487 (20252026)	bill	Workers'compensation	enacted	Grayson	8	31	8	2025-02-19	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/09203a95-0370-45e1-b897-69cbdeafa622	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB487	f2318af254b59a90cb5c50aa7aad5e2669a4b6d91692679b6c2cfc42a36d0faa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 487 (20252026) — Workers' compensation.

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 requires an employer to provide all medical services reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury. Existing law establishes a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and sets forth various proceedings that are required to be brought forth before the board.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB487 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB487 Grayson et al. Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 487 Grayson Senate Third Reading By Gipson — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Grayson — primary (person)
• Chen — principal coauthor (person)
• Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
• Krell — coauthor (person)
• Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Valencia — coauthor (person)
• Wallis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2025-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 966.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-08 May 12 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1202.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1285.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 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 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3392.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3023.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 763, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09203a95-0370-45e1-b897-69cbdeafa622. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).