Dean Florez
- Democratic
Author
Existing law permits the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board within the Department of Industrial Relations to adopt occupational health and safety standards to protect the welfare of employees, and existing regulations provide for the prevention of heat-related illness of employees, as prescribed. Under existing law, it is a misdemeanor for an employer to violate a safety standard if the violation has a substantial probability of resulting in death or serious physical harm. This bill would incorporate certain of these regulatory provisions into statute. The bill would additionally specify requirements for employers to provide employees access to shade when the temperature exceeds 75 degrees Fahrenheit and to implement designated high-heat and extreme-heat procedures when the temperature equals or exceeds 85 or 95 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively. The bill would prohibit an employer from allowing an employee or a supervisor to engage in outdoor work without receiving training on specified topics and would require the employer to designate a person to ensure that emergency procedures are invoked when appropriate. Because this bill would specify additional safety standards, the violation of which would be a misdemeanor, it 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.
From Assembly without further action.
From committee without further action.
Set, final hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on June 23.)
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on May 6.)
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on July 8.)
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.)
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
To Com. on H. & C.D.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 890.) To Assembly.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 4.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 610.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 21.
To Com. on T. & H.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB477 | HTML |
| 02/26/09 - Introduced | |
| 07/14/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/17/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/02/10 - Amended Assembly |
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