republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-44.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: medical treatment: terrorist attacks: workplace violence."
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. Under existing law, an employer must provide reasonably required treatments, including, but not limited to, medical and surgical treatment, to cure or relieve an employee's injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 44"
citation: "California AB 44 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: medical treatment: terrorist attacks: workplace violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86045e6e-f23e-4b49-aa12-6495f2395f85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44"
source_hash: "bcb5895a6aeb1c60fe239ef6753fb820c174163a1bd3093fa1a68ebda325e5bd"
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 AB 44 (20172018) — Workers' compensation: medical treatment: terrorist attacks: workplace violence.

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. Under existing law, an employer must provide reasonably required treatments, including, but not limited to, medical and surgical treatment, to cure or relieve an employee's injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4499INT)
2. **04/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4498AMD)
3. **04/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4497AMD)
4. **06/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4496AMD)
5. **07/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4495AMD)
6. **09/07/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4494AMD)
7. **10/13/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4492CHP)
8. **AB44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44)
9. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB44&version=20170AB4493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB44 Reyes et al. By Leyva — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 44 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1486.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-10** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 1930.)
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2765.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3330.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 736, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86045e6e-f23e-4b49-aa12-6495f2395f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).