Bill Text: CA SB1167 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2016. [SB1167 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB1167-Amended.html
Bill Title: Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2016. [SB1167 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB1167-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1167 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 31, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Senator Leyva FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to add Section 6720 to the Labor Code, relating to employee safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1167, as amended, Leyva. Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations. Under existing law, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health investigates complaints that a workplace is not safe and may issue orders necessary to ensure employee safety. Under existing law, certain violations of that act or a standard, order, or special order authorized by the act are a crime. Under existing law, the division has adopted regulations establishing a heat illness prevention standard for outdoor workers. This bill would require the division, by July 1,2017,2018, to propose to thestandards boardOccupational Safety and Health Standards Board for its adoption, a heat illness and injury prevention standard applicable to indoorworkers that provides equal or greater protection.workers. The bill would specify that this requirement does not prohibit the division from proposing, or the standards board from adopting, a standard that limits the application of high heat provisions to certain industry sectors. Because this bill would expand the definition of an existing crime, 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. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 6720 is added to the Labor Code, to read: 6720. By July 1,2017,2018, the division shall propose to the standards board for its review and adoption a standard thatprotects the health and safety of indoor workers fromminimizes heat-related illness andinjury. The standard shall offer protections for indoor workers that meet or exceed the protections for outdoor places of employment.injury among indoor workers. This section does not prohibit the division from proposing, or the standards board from adopting, a standard that limits the application of high heat provisions to certain industry sectors. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.