BILL NUMBER: AB 514	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2007

   An act to add Section 144.8 to the Labor Code, relating to
occupational health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 514, as introduced, Lieber. Workplace safety and health:
diacetyl.
   Under existing law, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Board may adopt standards concerning removing hazardous substances
from the workplace.
   This bill would require the board, no later than January 30, 2008,
to adopt a standard to prohibit the use of diacetyl in the workplace
by January 1, 2010.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 144.8 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   144.8.  The board shall, no later than January 30, 2008, adopt a
standard, to be developed by the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health, to prohibit the use of diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) in the
workplace by January 1, 2010.