As the California Legislature prepares to resume this yearâs session after its summer break, hereâs a roundup of still active occupational safety and health-related legislation, whether likely or unlikely to pass this session. The most significant legislation is SB 20 by Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-Van Nuys). It was approved 38-0 by the Senate in early …
Beginning July 1st, companies that employ household domestic service employees â including housecleaners, home care providers, and landscapers â are subject to Cal/OSHA regulations. Note that private households who hire a housecleaner, etc., are exempt, with some exceptions. This change comes courtesy of SB 1350, by Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), a 2024 law …
SB 20: Senator Caroline Menjivarâs (D-Van Nuys) bill to place new restrictions on engineered stone fabrication shops was approved 6-0 by the Senate Appropriations Committee. It is now under consideration by the full chamber. The bill is the second attempt in as many years to initiate a certification process for these fabrication shops in light …
Several bills of interest to Californiaâs occupational safety and health community are moving through their respective houses of origin. Hereâs the status of the latest legislation. AB 694, by Assemblyman Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), seeks to develop a âpipeline programâ for the Cal/OSHA inspection force, given its longstanding vacancy rate and difficulty finding enough qualified inspectors. …
SB 20, the latest attempt to regulate the engineered stone industry beyond Cal/OSHA requirements, has received amendments before its first hearing in the state legislature. Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced the bill in December 2024. It is effectively the same as Assemblyman Luz Rivasâs AB 3043 from last session, also a San Fernando …
In response to comments last summer to its proposal to establish âegregiousâ and enterprise-wide violations, Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health has revised its draft language. The Directorâs Regulation is not yet in formal rulemaking. DOSH will hold a virtual advisory meeting on March 25th to discuss the changes. The revisions to §§ 332.4, …
Since July 2024, California employers have been working under the requirements of SB 553 for workplace violence (WPV) prevention. After several years of planning to enact a new Cal/OSHA regulation, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health will take the next steps in the new year to combine the law with its own vision. That …
After an Assembly bill last session that would have required fabricators of engineered stone to be certified and employees to certify through training failed, a state senator is reviving the measure in the new legislative session. Some see the bill as a legislative usurpation of Cal/OSHAâs responsibility to develop standards. Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando …