republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1175.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: requests for payment."
description: "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 his or her employment. Existing law requires the employer to provide medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment, as specified, that is reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of his or her injury. Existing law requires a provider of those services to submit, among other documents, its request for payment with an itemization of services provided and the charge for each service. Existing law also requires the employer to reimburse the employee for his or her medical-legal expenses, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1175"
citation: "California SB 1175 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: requests for payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6438ddc-28c9-4c7a-a657-ab502562b403"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175"
source_hash: "7c4f50ff86636c28c305b80ab7474562614e22c46c4824b7e3701cf54c2146f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1175 (20152016) — Workers' compensation: requests for payment.

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 his or her employment. Existing law requires the employer to provide medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment, as specified, that is reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of his or her injury. Existing law requires a provider of those services to submit, among other documents, its request for payment with an itemization of services provided and the charge for each service. Existing law also requires the employer to reimburse the employee for his or her medical-legal expenses, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175&version=20150SB117599INT)
2. **04/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175&version=20150SB117598AMD)
3. **06/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175&version=20150SB117597AMD)
4. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175&version=20150SB117595CHP)
5. **SB1175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175)
6. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1175&version=20150SB117596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1175 Mendoza Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1175 Mendoza Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3520.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3806.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5720.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4881.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 214, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6438ddc-28c9-4c7a-a657-ab502562b403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).