Bills by subject

Worker's compensation

35 bills and resolutions. 8 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 11 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 167 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 269 Delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers, Department of Financial Institutions’ approval to offer portable benefit accounts, providing for insurance coverage, modifying administrative rules related to accident and sickness insurance, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 650 Funding for identity verification under the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 651 Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law. Last action Mar 30, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 22

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 158: Changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 167: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Aug 11, 2025
AB 232: Transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 269: Delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers, Department of Financial Institutions’ approval to offer portable benefit accounts, providing for insurance coverage, modifying administrative rules related to accident and sickness insurance, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 462: Employee misclassification; construction contractor registration; reporting state tax law violations committed by construction industry employers; and granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 468: Various changes to the unemployment insurance and worker’s compensation laws. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 476: Prohibiting abusive work environments and creating a cause of action. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 547: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 650: Funding for identity verification under the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law.

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Mar 30, 2026
AB 651: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 794: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 168: Changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 198: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 229: Transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 256: Delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers, Department of Financial Institutions’ approval to offer portable benefit accounts, providing for insurance coverage, modifying administrative rules related to accident and sickness insurance, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 460: Prohibiting abusive work environments and creating a cause of action. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 486: Various changes to the unemployment insurance and worker’s compensation laws. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 534: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 676: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 768: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2011–12 session: 6

Mar 23, 2012
AB 182: Assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment and prohibiting municipal electric or water utilities from collecting certain utility arrearages from owners of rental properties as property liens.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 364: Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 443: Excluding sports officials from coverage under the worker's compensation law.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 499: Various changes to the worker's compensation law, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 277: Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 409: Various changes to the worker's compensation law, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 7

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 586: Reimbursement of a governmental unit that provides public assistance to pay medical costs occasioned by an injury for which worker's compensation is claimed and payment of a percentage of that reimbursement to an injured employee's attorney who obtains an award of worker's compensation for that injury.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 706: Various changes to the worker's compensation law.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 894: Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
AB 929: Willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee by a person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures with intent to evade the laws related to income tax withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment discrimination and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 26, 2010
SB 522: Various changes to the worker's compensation law.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 669: Willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee by a person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures with intent to evade the laws related to income tax withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment discrimination and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject