BILL NUMBER: SB 1167	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leyva

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 6720 to the Labor Code, relating to employee
safety.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1167, as introduced, Leyva. Employment safety: indoor workers:
heat regulations.
   Under existing law, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1973, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health investigates
complaints that a workplace is not safe and may issue orders
necessary to ensure employee safety. Under existing law, the division
has adopted regulations establishing a heat illness prevention
standard for outdoor workers.
   This bill would require the division, by July 1, 2017, to propose
to the standards board for its adoption, a heat illness and injury
prevention standard applicable to indoor workers that provides equal
or greater protection. Because this bill would expand the definition
of an existing crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6720 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   6720.  By July 1, 2017, the division shall propose to the
standards board for its review and adoption a standard that protects
the health and safety of indoor workers from heat-related illness and
injury. The standard shall offer protections for indoor workers that
meet or exceed the protections for outdoor places of employment.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.