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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers."
description: "Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of the employment. Existing law governs the procedures for filing a claim for workers' compensation, including filing a claim form, and provides that an injury is presumed compensable if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the claim form is filed, as specified. Existing case law provides for how certain presumptions may be rebutted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1159"
citation: "California SB 1159 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f84b90-fa9c-4abf-bed1-fc5e42a94f3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159"
source_hash: "09bf51c1c172896b78dbb67a4d24ab1374e6743630053f902f5fc2255a49d91b"
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 1159 (20192020) — Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers.
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of the employment. Existing law governs the procedures for filing a claim for workers' compensation, including filing a claim form, and provides that an injury is presumed compensable if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the claim form is filed, as specified. Existing case law provides for how certain presumptions may be rebutted.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115999INT)
2. **04/01/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115998AMD)
3. **04/22/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115997AMD)
4. **06/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115996AMD)
5. **08/03/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115995AMD)
6. **08/12/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115994AMD)
7. **08/25/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115993AMD)
8. **08/30/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115992AMD)
9. **09/17/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115990CHP)
10. **SB1159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159)
11. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1159&version=20190SB115991ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading SB1159 Hill et al. — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1159 Hill et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 1159 Hill Third Reading Urgency By Daly — **69–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
- Daly — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08** Set for hearing May 14 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
- **2020-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-06-02** Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3769.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-30** Joint Rule 61(b)(17) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 5275.)
- **2020-08-30** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5408.)
- **2020-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 5461.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 85, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f84b90-fa9c-4abf-bed1-fc5e42a94f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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