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Bill Occupational safety and health standards: heat illness: wildfire smoke. 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 2243 California AB 2243 (20212022)
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Occupational safety and health standards: heat illness: wildfire smoke.
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California AB 2243 (20212022) — Occupational safety and health standards: heat illness: wildfire smoke.

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.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/21/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/29/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 08/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  9. AB2243 (committee substitute) — source
  10. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 124 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 30 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2243 Eduardo Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 5219 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2243 Eduardo Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 4719 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB2243 Eduardo Garcia et al By Stern — 319 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 42 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended — 51 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
  • Bloom — coauthor (person)
  • Luz Rivas — author (person)
  • Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
  • Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
  • 2022-03-03 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
  • 2022-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
  • 2022-03-31 Coauthors revised.
  • 2022-03-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 19. Page 4985.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
  • 2022-06-15 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5216.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 19.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
  • 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d8f3ebf-0a57-4395-bb5c-291f8adb95c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).