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CA AB1103

Bill

Status

Passed

10/7/2021

Primary Sponsor

Megan Dahle

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Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a livestock pass program allowing county agricultural commissioners to issue identification documents granting qualified livestock producers and their managerial employees access to ranch property during floods, storms, fires, earthquakes, or other disasters.

  • Defines "qualifying livestock producer" as a commercial livestock producer certified as completing a curriculum developed by the State Fire Marshal by January 1, 2023, covering fire behavior, disaster communications, and incident command structure.

  • Defines "managerial employee" as someone with management authority over livestock, earning at least two times state minimum wage, with duties specified in a written job description issued within 90 days before the disaster.

  • Restricts livestock pass access to purposes of sheltering, moving, feeding, watering, or providing veterinary care to livestock, or providing local expertise to emergency personnel upon request, with access to closed areas granted only by incident commander or law enforcement.

  • Prohibits employers from requiring employees to obtain livestock passes or enter ranch property during disasters, and prevents discrimination or retaliation against employees who refuse to do so.

Legislative Description

Agricultural lands: livestock producers: managerial employees: livestock pass program: disaster access to ranch lands.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 609, Statutes of 2021.

10/7/2021

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/6/2021
Governmental Organization6/17/2021
Public Safety6/9/2021
Agriculture6/9/2021
Rules5/28/2021
Appropriations4/21/2021
Emergency Management4/15/2021
Agriculture3/4/2021

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