Ellen Corbett
- Democratic
Author
Existing law requires every contract entered into by a state agency for the procurement of equipment, materials, supplies, apparel, garments, and accessories and the laundering thereof, excluding public works contracts, to require a contractor to certify that no equipment, materials, supplies, apparel, garments, or accessories provided under the contract are produced by sweatshop labor, forced labor, convict labor, indentured labor under penal sanction, abusive forms of child labor, or exploitation of children in sweatshop labor. If a contractor knew or should have known the specified products furnished to the state were laundered or produced by the specified types of prohibited labor, the contractor may be removed from the bidder's list for 360 days. Existing law provides for misdemeanor liability in the case of a knowing false certification. Existing law requires the Department of Industrial Relations to establish a contractor responsibility program, on or before February 1, 2004, including a Sweat Free Code of Conduct. Existing law also requires the appropriate procurement agency, in consultation with the Director of Industrial Relations, to employ an approach to implement the Sweat Free Code of Conduct, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Industrial Relations to explore mechanisms to ensure that businesses that contract with state agencies are in compliance with those provisions. This bill would rename the code of conduct as the Slave and Sweat Free Code of Conduct and would require every contract entered into by a state agency for the procurement of equipment, materials, supplies, apparel, garments, and accessories and the laundering thereof, excluding public works contracts, to require a contractor to certify that no equipment, materials, supplies, apparel, garments, or accessories provided under the contract are produced by abusive forms of labor performed by all persons, not only abusive forms of child labor, as prescribed. The bill would additionally extend the period that the contractor is removed from the bidder's list to 2 years, if the contractor knew or should have known the specified products were laundered or produced by the specified prohibited labor. This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to establish a contractor responsibility program on or before January 1, 2012, and would require specified actions by the Department of Industrial Relations and the Department of General Services with regard to the code of conduct. This bill would additionally require contractors whose manufacturing and assembly locations are outside the United States to comply with international laws or treaties binding on their countries and would require a subcontractor to sign a certification regarding the code of conduct under the penalty of perjury. By changing the definition of existing crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Died on file.
In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled. To Governor at 5 p.m.
In Senate. To enrollment.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6360.) To Senate.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.)
(Heard in committee August 12.)
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
(Heard in committee on June 29.)
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
(Heard in committee on June 23.)
To Coms. on L. & E. and B.,P. & C.P.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 3746.) To Assembly.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 3673.)
(Suspense - for vote only).
Set for hearing May 27.
Placed on APPR suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 24.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 3.
Hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 26.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3180.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Set for hearing April 13.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 23.
To Com. on G.O.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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| SB1231 | HTML |
| 02/19/10 - Introduced | |
| 04/08/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/17/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/10 - Enrolled |
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