Senate Bill 662 Summary

• Establishes new security and privacy standards for migrant housing including functioning deadbolt locks on exterior doors, functioning locks on windows, and individual lockable storage facilities for each migrant's personal items.

• Requires migrant housing operators to provide laundry facilities with detergent, one shower per 10 migrants, visitor access rights for lawful purposes, and maintain responsibility for all housing maintenance and surrounding grounds.

• Mandates the Department of Labor maintain a public list of operators and migrant housing units with bed counts and inspection dates, plus annual reporting on inspection results and violation citations.

• Requires the Department of Labor to establish procedures identifying and prosecuting serious violators including those failing to obtain required permits, and employ bilingual English-Spanish staff to perform compliance requirements where feasible.

• Applies existing occupational safety enforcement provisions to migrant housing with modifications, allowing the Commissioner to establish a new division specifically to enforce these agricultural worker protections.