BILL NUMBER: AB 2146	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to  amend Section 6307 of   add
Section 147.4 to  the Labor Code, relating to 
employment.   occupa   tional safety. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2146, as amended, Skinner. Occupational  safety.
  safety: firefighters. 
   The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 provides
the Division of Occupational Safety and Health  within the
Department of Industrial Relations  with all the power,
jurisdiction, and supervision over all employment and places of
employment that is necessary to enforce and administer all
occupational health and safety laws and to protect employees. 
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent
entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt
occupational safety and health standards within the state. 
   This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions.   require the standards board, within
30 days of the adoption by the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) of new standards for firefighters' personal protection
equipment, to commence review of existing regulations for personal
protective clothing and equipment for firefighters to determine if
the standards adopted by the NFPA provide a greater degree of
personal protection to a firefighter. The bill would require the
board, if it makes that determination in the affirmative, to consider
modifying existing regulations for personal protective clothing and
equipment for firefighters to reflect the standards adopted by the
NFPA as   a new safety standard for all employers of
firefighters in the state. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 147.4 is added to the 
 Labor Code   , to read:  
   147.4.  (a) Within 30 days of the adoption by the National Fire
Protection Association of new standards for firefighters' personal
protection equipment, the board shall commence review of existing
regulations for personal protective clothing and equipment for
firefighters to determine if the standards adopted by the National
Fire Protection Association provide a greater degree of personal
protection to a firefighter.
   (b) If the board determines that the standards adopted by the
National Fire Protection Association provide a greater degree of
personal protection to a firefighter, the board shall consider
modifying existing regulations for personal protective clothing and
equipment for firefighters to reflect the standards adopted by the
National Fire Protection Association as a new safety standard for all
employers of firefighters in the state.  
       
       
  SECTION 1.    Section 6307 of the Labor Code is
amended to read:
   6307.  The division has the power, jurisdiction, and supervision
over every employment and place of employment in this state, that is
necessary to adequately enforce and administer all laws and lawful
standards and orders, or special orders requiring every employment
and place of employment to be safe, and requiring the protection of
the life, safety, and health of every employee in every employment or
place of employment.