BILL NUMBER: AB 838	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 142.8 to the Labor Code, relating to working
conditions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 838, Swanson. Occupational safety and health.
   The existing California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973
was enacted to assure safe and healthful working conditions by
authorizing the enforcement of effective standards, assisting and
encouraging employers to maintain safe and healthful working
conditions, and by providing for research, information, education,
training, and enforcement in the field of occupational safety and
health. The Occupational Safety and Health Board, an independent
entity within the Department of Industrial Relations, has exclusive
authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within
the state.
   This bill would require the Occupational Safety and Health
Standards Board, by July 1, 2011, to adopt a standard for controlling
the risk of occurrence of heat illness where employees work indoors.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 142.8 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   142.8.  On or before July 1, 2011, the board shall adopt an
occupational safety and health standard for controlling the risk of
occurrence of heat illness where employees work indoors.