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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 555: Workers’ compensation: average annual earnings.

Passed one chamber 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 555 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Workers’ compensation: average annual earnings. Primary sponsor: Anna Caballero (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 24, 2026): June 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

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. Existing law provides for temporary disability, permanent total disability, or permanent partial disability benefits, among other benefits, for an injured employee and requires the computation of an injured employee’s average annual earnings and average weekly earnings for purposes of determining those disability benefits. Existing law requires, for computing average annual earnings for purposes of permanent partial disability indemnity, that average weekly earnings be taken at various amounts, including between $240 and $435 for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2014, except as specified.

This bill would require, for computing average annual earnings for purposes of permanent partial disability indemnity, that average weekly earnings be taken at between $363 and $658 for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2027.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Anna CaballeroPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
John LairdCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17

“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. June 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  2. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
  3. Referred to Com. on INS.
  4. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 3300.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3269.) (January 22).
  9. Set for hearing January 22.
  10. May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  11. Set for hearing May 23.
  12. May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

Sources

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