María Elena Durazo
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 26
Author
Existing law establishes within the Department of Industrial Relations the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the division to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship. This bill would prohibit an employer, in the event of an emergency condition, as defined, from taking or threatening adverse action against any employee for refusing to report to, or leaving, a workplace or worksite within the affected area because the employee has a reasonable belief that the workplace or worksite is unsafe, except as specified. The bill would also prohibit an employer from preventing any employee, including employees of public entities, as specified, from accessing the employee's mobile device or other communications device for seeking emergency assistance, assessing the safety of the situation, or communicating with a person to confirm their safety. The bill would require an employee to notify the employer of the emergency condition requiring the employee to leave or refuse to report to the workplace or worksite, as specified. The bill would clarify that these provisions are not intended to apply when emergency conditions that pose an imminent and ongoing risk of harm to the workplace, the worksite, the worker, or the worker's home have ceased.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 829, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5082.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 6040.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 27).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 3912.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3781.) (May 19).
Set for hearing May 19.
April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 4.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3168.) (March 21).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Set for hearing March 21.
From printer.
Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1044 | HTML |
| 02/15/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/15/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/23/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/19/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/13/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/29/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/26/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/18/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 03/31/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/19/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/20/22- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 06/24/22- Assembly Emergency Management | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/24/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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