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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption."
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description: "Existing law, until 2023, defines \"injury\" for purposes of workers' compensation insurance to include illness or death resulting from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under specified circumstances, and creates a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of the course of employment and is compensable. This presumption is applicable to specified public safety, firefighter, and medical occupation, among others, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 845"
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citation: "California AB 845 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23954c06-bc61-4acc-9d31-3a41a9e8918e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB845"
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source_hash: "253821918325141d2e5e66b2fabd9202256688da4305da0a3e3fa74bc851f576"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 845 (20212022) — Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption.
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Existing law, until 2023, defines "injury" for purposes of workers' compensation insurance to include illness or death resulting from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under specified circumstances, and creates a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of the course of employment and is compensable. This presumption is applicable to specified public safety, firefighter, and medical occupation, among others, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB845&version=20210AB84599INT)
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2. **03/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB845&version=20210AB84598AMD)
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3. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB845&version=20210AB84596CHP)
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4. **AB845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB845)
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5. **07/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB845&version=20210AB84597ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 845 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB845 Rodriguez By Cortese — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rodriguez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1330.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-07-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1905.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-07-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23954c06-bc61-4acc-9d31-3a41a9e8918e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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