(1) Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, authorizes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to prohibit the performance of an operation or process, or entry into that place of employment when, in its opinion, a place of employment, operation, or process, or any part thereof, exposes workers to the risk of infection with COVID-19, so as to constitute an imminent hazard to employees.
California AB 2693 (20212022) — COVID-19: exposure.
(1) Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, authorizes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to prohibit the performance of an operation or process, or entry into that place of employment when, in its opinion, a place of employment, operation, or process, or any part thereof, exposes workers to the risk of infection with COVID-19, so as to constitute an imminent hazard to employees.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2693 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — 47–20 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Reyes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
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
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 20. Page 4819.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-28 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 8. Page 5218.). 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 55. Noes 15.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 799, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe053e29-dc3c-40f4-9d66-beb4703826c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).