Garamendi Likes Move of Bills to Conference

Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi commended lawmakers today for moving workers' compensation bills into a Legislative Conference Committee, and consequently moving the reform of the system closer to passage. The Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee and the Assembly Insurance Committee forwarded all workers' comp bills, including those contained in the Garamendi Reform Plan, to the conference committee, which will convene later in this session. "This is a good move for this much needed legislation," Garamendi said. "The conference committe...