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Bill	COVID-19: imminent hazard to employees: exposure: notification: serious violations.	(1) Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA) , requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, when, in its opinion, a place of employment, machine, device, apparatus, or equipment or any part thereof is in a dangerous condition, is not properly guarded, or is dangerously placed so as to constitute an imminent hazard to employees, to prohibit entry or use, as applicable, and to attach a conspicuous notice of that condition, as specified. OSHA requires that this prohibition be limited to the immediate area in which the imminent hazard exists. OSHA prohibits this notice from being removed except by an authorized representative of the division under certain conditions. OSHA makes a violation of this provision regarding dangerous conditions a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 685	California AB 685 (20192020)	bill	COVID-19: imminent hazard to employees: exposure: notification: serious violations.	enacted	Reyes	7	33	10	2019-02-15	2020-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/8632dd5b-f3cd-4adf-b3c1-6c2fdefe979b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB685	6ff92b480b22a4f46a24b36925bf5e8aae150a81741b9a8e7397286911f604c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 685 (20192020) — COVID-19: imminent hazard to employees: exposure: notification: serious violations.

(1) Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA) , requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, when, in its opinion, a place of employment, machine, device, apparatus, or equipment or any part thereof is in a dangerous condition, is not properly guarded, or is dangerously placed so as to constitute an imminent hazard to employees, to prohibit entry or use, as applicable, and to attach a conspicuous notice of that condition, as specified. OSHA requires that this prohibition be limited to the immediate area in which the imminent hazard exists. OSHA prohibits this notice from being removed except by an authorized representative of the division under certain conditions. OSHA makes a violation of this provision regarding dangerous conditions a crime.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/29/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/20/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/17/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB685 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB685 Reyes By Gonzalez — 26–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 685 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 685 REYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Reyes — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1873.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-30 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2020-06-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2020-07-02 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2020-08-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2020-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5372.)
• 2020-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 31). committee-passage
• 2020-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 5498.)
• 2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 5499.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2020-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8632dd5b-f3cd-4adf-b3c1-6c2fdefe979b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).