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CA SB 847

enacted

Workers' compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 847 pass?

Yes. CA SB 847 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 790, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 847 about?

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 employment. Under existing law, an employer is required to provide for the payment of workers' compensation and if the employer has not secured the payment of compensation or is illegally uninsured, a lien may be filed against the employer's property or the property of any person found to be parents or substantial shareholders of the employer. This bill would authorize the director to determine whether a conveyance of real property by an uninsured employer or a substantial shareholder after a date of injury in a claim and prior to the recording of a certificate of lien was intended to retain a beneficial interest in that real property for the uninsured employer or substantial shareholder, resulting in a trust for the benefit of the uninsured employer. The bill would authorize the director to make a prima facie finding that the transaction resulted in a beneficial trust for the uninsured employer when specified circumstances are present, such as the deed indicates that the transfer was made as a gift or that no transfer tax to the county was paid, among others. The bill would require that when the director determines that such a trust exists, a certificate of lien shall be attached to the resulting trust and would require the director to mail written notices of that determination to the transferor and transferee, as prescribed.

Who sponsors CA SB 847?

Reyes is the primary sponsor of CA SB 847.

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 employment. Under existing law, an employer is required to provide for the payment of workers' compensation and if the employer has not secured the payment of compensation or is illegally uninsured, a lien may be filed against the employer's property or the property of any person found to be parents or substantial shareholders of the employer. This bill would authorize the director to determine whether a conveyance of real property by an uninsured employer or a substantial shareholder after a date of injury in a claim and prior to the recording of a certificate of lien was intended to retain a beneficial interest in that real property for the uninsured employer or substantial shareholder, resulting in a trust for the benefit of the uninsured employer. The bill would authorize the director to make a prima facie finding that the transaction resulted in a beneficial trust for the uninsured employer when specified circumstances are present, such as the deed indicates that the transfer was made as a gift or that no transfer tax to the county was paid, among others. The bill would require that when the director determines that such a trust exists, a certificate of lien shall be attached to the resulting trust and would require the director to mail written notices of that determination to the transferor and transferee, as prescribed.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 790, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Reyesauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

    Set for hearing April 9.

  6. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.

  7. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 740.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  8. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  10. 2025-05-12

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  11. 2025-05-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1334.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD.

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  15. 2025-06-19

    Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  16. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on INS.

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  17. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  19. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  20. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  22. 2025-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  23. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 790, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-09 · pass · 5-0

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Laird: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes

  • 3rd Reading SB847 Reyes By Cortese

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

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

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-01 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Connolly: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-16 · pass · 17-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • SB 847 Reyes Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-08-28 · pass · 74-0

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

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