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SENATE BILL 1851 (GREENE – 1978)
CHAPTER 937, STATUTES OF 1978 - SB 1851
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Labor Code section 4656 was amended in 1978 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 1851, which affected this section only. (See Exhibit A, #1d) Senator Greene introduced the bill on March 22, 1978 at the request of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. (See Exhibit A, #1a and #3)
Senate Bill 1851 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Industrial Relations and the Assembly Committee on Finance, Insurance and Commerce where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit A, #3 and #9) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Senate Committee on Finance and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means (See Exhibit A, #6 and #11) Two amendments were made to Senate Bill 1851. (See Exhibit A, #1b, #1c and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., signed Senate Bill 1851 on September 19th and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 20 as Chapter 937 of the Statutes of 1978. (See Exhibit A, #1d and #2)
The Assembly Finance, Insurance, and Commerce Committee analysis provided the following summary of Senate Bill 1851 as it was last amended on August 14, 1978:
Under existing law, the aggregate disability payment for a single injury causing either a partial or total disability may not extend for more than 240 compensable weeks within a period of five years from the date of the injury. Senate Bill 1851 would amend this law so that its provisions only apply to temporary partial disabilities. As such, the 240-week limitation would not apply in the case of temporary total disabilities.
(See Exhibit A, #9a, page 1)