Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 447: Workers’ compensation: death benefits.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 447 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Workers’ compensation: death benefits. Primary sponsor: Thomas Umberg (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (October 11, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 653, Statutes of 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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, when a local employee who is a firefighter or peace officer, as specified, and that employee is killed or dies as a result of an accident or injury caused by external violence of physical force incurred in the performance of their duty, the employer is required to continue providing health benefits to the deceased employee’s minor dependents under the benefits extended to the surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, until the minor dependent is 21 years of age.

This bill would increase that age to 26 years of age.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Thomas UmbergPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 653, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2927.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate.
  8. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
  9. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
  10. 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.
  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
  12. Referred to Com. on INS.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page