BILL NUMBER: SB 1379	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 153 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1379, as introduced, Mendoza. Labor statistics and research.
   Under existing law, the Department of Industrial Relations
collects, compiles, and presents facts and statistics relating to the
condition of labor in the state. Existing law provides that, except
as specified, no use shall be made in the department's reports of the
names of persons supplying information, and makes any agent or
employee of the department who violates this provision guilty of a
misdemeanor.
   This bill would also prohibit the use of the identities of persons
supplying information to the department.
   Because the bill would expand the definition of a 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 153 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   153.  Except as provided in Section 151 no use shall be made in
the statistical or other reports prepared pursuant to this chapter of
the names  or identities  of persons supplying the
information required under this code. Any agent or employee of the
department who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
  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.