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CA SB1167

Bill

Status

Passed

9/29/2016

Primary Sponsor

Tony Mendoza

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Origin

Senate

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to propose a heat illness and injury prevention standard for indoor workers to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board by January 1, 2019.

  • Standard must be based on environmental temperatures, work activity levels, and other factors, with consideration of the 2016 Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

  • Allows the division and standards board discretion to limit application of high heat provisions to certain industry sectors.

  • Specifies that no state reimbursement to local agencies or school districts is required because costs result from changes to crime definitions under existing law.

Legislative Description

Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2016.

9/29/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/23/2016
Labor and Employment6/9/2016
Appropriations4/6/2016
Labor and Industrial Relations3/3/2016
Rules2/18/2016

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