republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1167.md

---
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).