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Bill	Peace officers: injury or illness: leaves of absence.	Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, which generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of and in the course of their employment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 8	California SB 8 (20252026)	bill	Peaceofficers injuryorillness leavesofabsence	enacted	Ashby	5	16	4	2024-12-02	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2e4ca39d-d6c4-4f67-90c8-e20f3b7bafa9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB8	8c944b6cfaf3a2be5d23e7ce36af3470f9e232199756fccefcfde780e9d55c12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 8 (20252026) — Peace officers: injury or illness: leaves of absence.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, which generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of and in the course of their employment.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB8 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB8 Ashby et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 8 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Krell — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ashby — primary (person)
• Krell — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
• 2025-01-29 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 as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 567.) (March 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1236.) 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
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2770.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-28 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 733, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e4ca39d-d6c4-4f67-90c8-e20f3b7bafa9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).