--- type: "Bill" title: "Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations." description: "Under existing law, the California 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." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 1167" citation: "California SB 1167 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2016-02-18" last_action: "2016-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc7c989a-2736-49bf-bf02-cda0f2045424" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167" source_hash: "955626d6e66efa6918d1d7244c119fed0e4b5457a0c224a36573e61b2b816901" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California SB 1167 (20152016) — Employment safety: indoor workers: heat regulations. Under existing law, the California 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. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167&version=20150SB116799INT) 2. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167&version=20150SB116798AMD) 3. **08/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167&version=20150SB116797AMD) 4. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167&version=20150SB116796AMD) 5. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167&version=20150SB116794CHP) 6. **SB1167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167) 7. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167&version=20150SB116795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **13–6** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1167 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By THURMOND — **48–28** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1167 Mendoza Concurrence — **26–12** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **25–12** (pass) · upper - SB 1167 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By L. GOV. Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mendoza — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20. - **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-18** Set for hearing April 6. - **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3421.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18. - **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27. - **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4004.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4104.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-29** June 29 hearing postponed by committee. - **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2016-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5970.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 6244.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5450.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc7c989a-2736-49bf-bf02-cda0f2045424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).