California Assembly Bill 2243
Session 20212022
Occupational safety and health standards: heat illness: wildfire smoke.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2022
Sponsors
2 Sponsors
Eduardo Garcia
Luz M. Rivas
First Action
Feb 16, 2022
Latest Action
Sep 29, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2243
State
California
Session
20212022
Motion Text
AB 2243 Eduardo Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, jurisdiction over all employment and places of employment, with the power necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards. 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. Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA) , requires employers to comply with certain safety and health standards, as specified, and charges the division with enforcement of the act. Under OSHA, certain knowing, negligent, or willful violations of safety and health standards are punishable as a misdemeanor. The existing Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez heat illness standard provides for the prevention of heat-related illness of employees in outdoor places of employment, as prescribed. There is also an existing standard for workplace protection from wildfire smoke.
This bill would require the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the heat illness standard and wildfire smoke standard. The bill would require the division, in preparing the proposed regulations, to consider revising the heat illness standard to require employers to distribute copies of the Heat Illness Prevention Plan, as provided. The bill would similarly require a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the wildfire smoke standard, with regard to farmworkers, to reduce the existing air quality index threshold for PM2.5 particulate matter at which control by respiratory protective equipment becomes mandatory for farmworkers. The bill would require the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards on or before December 31, 2025. The bill would further require the division to consider regulations, or revising existing regulations, relating to protections related to acclimatization to higher temperatures, as provided.
02/16/22 - Introduced
February 16, 2022
03/21/22 - Amended Assembly
March 21, 2022
05/19/22 - Amended Assembly
May 19, 2022
06/15/22 - Amended Senate
June 15, 2022
06/29/22 - Amended Senate
June 29, 2022
08/11/22 - Amended Senate
August 11, 2022
08/25/22 - Amended Senate
August 25, 2022
09/01/22 - Enrolled
September 1, 2022
09/29/22 - Chaptered
September 29, 2022
03/28/22- Assembly Labor and Employment
March 28, 2022
05/09/22- Assembly Appropriations
May 9, 2022
05/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 24, 2022
06/21/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
June 21, 2022
07/29/22- Senate Appropriations
July 29, 2022
08/11/22- Senate Appropriations
August 11, 2022
08/15/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 15, 2022
08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 26, 2022
08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 30, 2022
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09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Statutes of 2022.
09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/08/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
08/30/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 19.).
08/30/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
08/29/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5216.).
08/25/2022
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
08/15/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11).
08/02/2022
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
06/29/2022
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/23/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/15/2022
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
06/08/2022
Senate
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
05/26/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/25/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 19. Page 4985.)
05/23/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/19/2022
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/19/2022
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19).
05/11/2022
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
03/31/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/31/2022
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
03/22/2022
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
03/21/2022
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
03/03/2022
Assembly
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
02/17/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
02/16/2022
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 17, 2022 12:12:37 PM
Record Updated
Nov 23, 2022 12:24:38 PM