CA AB1643

Requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to establish an advisory committee by July 1, 2023 to study and evaluate the effects of heat on California's workers, businesses, and the economy.

Committee must recommend a study scope addressing data collection on heat-related worker injuries and illnesses, time away from work and lost wages, occupational injury frequency at various temperatures and humidity levels, underreporting of heat illnesses, and evidence-based methods to minimize heat effects on workers.

Advisory committee composition includes representatives from state agencies (Department of Industrial Relations, Cal/OSHA, Employment Development Department, Workers' Compensation Division, State Department of Public Health), one labor union representative, one business representative, three academic scholars including at least one economist, and Governor's Office of Planning and Research.

Committee may contract with academic institutions or other researchers to conduct the study and must submit a final report to the Legislature by January 1, 2026.

The advisory committee provision repeals on January 1, 2027.