Committee Sends Debit Card Bill to Senate Floor

The California Senate Appropriations Committee forwarded to the full chamber a bill that would permanently allow employers to pay indemnity benefits with prepaid debit cards. AB 1683 would make permanent the debit card pilot project launched in 2018. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday sent it to the floor for a vote by the full Senate pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, which allows the committee to forego hearing a bill if the chair determines that potential costs for the state are not significant. An analysis performed by the Assembly Appropriations Committee in April determined that...