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CA SB 230

enacted

Workers' compensation: firefighters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 230 pass?

Yes. CA SB 230 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 404, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 230 about?

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 rebuttable presumption that specified injuries, such as cancer or post-traumatic stress disorder, developed or manifested 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 employment. Existing law makes these provisions applicable to certain active firefighting members, including active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a United States Department of Defense installation or active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a National Aeronautics and Space Administration installation. This bill would, for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2026, additionally apply these provisions to active firefighting members of a fire department that provides fire protection to a commercial airport, as specified. Existing law creates a rebuttable presumption that other injuries, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, or meningitis, developed or manifested 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 employment. Existing law makes these provisions applicable to certain active firefighting members, including volunteers who are partly paid or fully paid by, among others, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or a county forestry or firefighting unit. The bill would, for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2026, also apply these provisions to active firefighting members of a fire department that provides fire protection to a commercial airport, National Aeronautics and Space Administration installation, or United States Department of Defense installation.

Who sponsors CA SB 230?

Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SB 230, joined by 4 cosponsors.

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 rebuttable presumption that specified injuries, such as cancer or post-traumatic stress disorder, developed or manifested 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 employment. Existing law makes these provisions applicable to certain active firefighting members, including active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a United States Department of Defense installation or active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a National Aeronautics and Space Administration installation. This bill would, for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2026, additionally apply these provisions to active firefighting members of a fire department that provides fire protection to a commercial airport, as specified. Existing law creates a rebuttable presumption that other injuries, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, or meningitis, developed or manifested 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 employment. Existing law makes these provisions applicable to certain active firefighting members, including volunteers who are partly paid or fully paid by, among others, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or a county forestry or firefighting unit. The bill would, for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2026, also apply these provisions to active firefighting members of a fire department that provides fire protection to a commercial airport, National Aeronautics and Space Administration installation, or United States Department of Defense installation.

Introduced
2025-01-28
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 404, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lairdauthor
  • Beckercoauthor
  • Graysoncoauthor
  • Sterncoauthor
  • Bermancoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-28

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-29

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.

  3. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  4. 2025-03-04

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  5. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing March 26.

  6. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 567.) (March 26).

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  7. 2025-03-27

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  8. 2025-04-01

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 604.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  9. 2025-04-01

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  10. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Com. on INS.

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  11. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).

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  12. 2025-07-10

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  13. 2025-07-14

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  14. 2025-07-14

    Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-08-20

    Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-08-20

    Read third time and amended.

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  17. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2863.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  18. 2025-09-03

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  19. 2025-09-04

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2512.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  20. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  21. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  22. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 404, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/28/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-28Compare
  • 03/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-04Compare
  • 08/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-20Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB230Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-03-26 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB230 Laird et al.

    2025-04-01 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-09 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Ortega: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Valencia: other
    • Krell: other

  • SB 230 Laird Senate Third Reading By Berman

    2025-09-03 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Fong: yes

  • Unfinished Business SB230 Laird et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Reyes: other

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB230

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