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CA AB2337
Bill
Status
Passed
9/22/2024
Primary Sponsor
Diane Dixon
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AI Summary
- Adds Section 110.5 to the Labor Code allowing documents requiring signatures in workers' compensation proceedings to be filed with electronic signatures instead of handwritten ones
- Adds Section 3206.5 to the Labor Code extending the same electronic signature permission to appeals board proceedings and related division documents
- Defines "electronic signature" as an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic record, executed with intent to sign and attributable to the person per California Civil Code Title 2.5 or Government Code Section 16.5
- Permits electronic signatures on notary acknowledgments and other documents requiring signatures in the workers' compensation system
- Allows the Administrative Director and Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to adopt restrictions or requirements on electronic signature usage
- Approved by Governor and filed with Secretary of State on September 22, 2024
Legislative Description
Workers’ compensation: electronic signatures.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 392, Statutes of 2024.
9/22/2024
Committee Referrals
Appropriations6/19/2024
Judiciary6/5/2024
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement5/15/2024
Rules5/2/2024
Appropriations4/9/2024
Judiciary4/3/2024
Insurance2/26/2024
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