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Senate Bill 839 (Way – 1976)

Chapter 466, Statutes of 1976, SB 839

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As enacted in 1976, Senate Bill 839 amended sections 3212, 3212.2, 3212.3, 3212.4, 3212.5, 3212.6, 3212.7, and 3213 of, and added section 4458 to the Labor Code.  (See Exhibit #1f)   Senator Howard Way introduced Senate Bill 839 on April 10, 1975 at the request of the County Supervisors' Association of California.  (See Exhibits #1a, #3 and #5, page 3) 

The Senate Committee on Industrial Relations and the Assembly Committee on Finance, Insurance and Commerce heard the measure.  (See Exhibits #3 and #5)  The Senate Committee on Finance and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means examined the bill's fiscal implications.  (See Exhibits #2 and 7)  Senate Bill 839 was amended three times, twice in the Senate and once by the Assembly.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1d and #2)  Following legislative approval, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed the measure on August 18, 1976, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State as Chapter 466 of the Statutes of 1976.  (See Exhibits #1e, #1f, and #2)

Senate Bill 839 is described in the Enrolled Bill Report from the California Highway Patrol as follows:

Limits an employee's right to file an injury claim against his employer to a five year period of time from the last date actually worked.

(See Exhibit #10, document PE-6)