Senate advances workers' compensation technical fixes, funds IT modernization
Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
Senate Bill 18-61, an administration bill from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation that authorizes use of the subsequent injury and vocational recovery fund for a modernized case-management computer system and clarifies deposition and extraordinary-benefit rules, passed on third reading (Ayes 26, Nays 5).
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Leader Johnson, on behalf of the administration, presented Senate Bill 18-61 and said it continues goals of the 2013 Workers' Compensation Reform Act while making targeted technical updates.
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