HB 2387 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 23-282 to increase the maximum daily work period for underground mine employees and hoisting engineers from 8 hours to 12 hours within any 24-hour period, including time spent descending to and ascending from the work site.

• Permits exceptions to the 12-hour limit in emergency situations where life or property is in imminent danger, when work schedules are changed (up to once per two weeks), or when a collective bargaining agreement expressly authorizes longer periods not exceeding 12 hours per 24-hour period.

• Maintains criminal penalties for violations, classifying violations as Class 2 misdemeanors, with each day of violation constituting a separate offense.