Amended in Assembly August 16, 2016

Amended in Senate May 31, 2016

Senate Bill No. 1167

Introduced by Senator begin delete Leyva end delete begin insert Mendoza end insert

February 18, 2016

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1167, as amended, begin delete Leyva end delete   begin insert Mendoza end insert . Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations.

Under existing law, the begin insert California end insert 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, certain violations of that act or a standard, order, or special order authorized by the act are a crime. 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, 2018, to propose to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board for begin delete its end delete begin insert the board’s review and end insert adoption, a heat illness and injury prevention standard applicable to indoor workers. The bill would specify that this requirement does not prohibit the division from proposing, or the standards board from adopting, a standard that limits the application of high heat provisions to certain industry sectors. 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, 2018, the division shall propose to the
standards board for begin delete its end delete begin insert the board’s end insert review and adoption a standard
that minimizes heat-related illness and injury among indoor
workers. This section does not prohibit the division from proposing,
or the standards board from adopting, a standard that limits the
application of high heat provisions to certain industry sectors.

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.