republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-606.md

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Bill	Workplace safety: violations of statutes: enterprise-wide violations: egregious violations.	Existing law gives the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, within the Department of Industrial Relations, the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over every employment and place of employment in this state, which is necessary to adequately enforce and administer all laws requiring that employment and places of employment be safe, and requiring the protection of the life, safety, and health of every employee in that employment or place of employment. Existing law requires the division to issue a citation for a violation of provisions relating to the spraying of asbestos, or any standard, rule, order, or regulation established pursuant to specified provisions of the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 if, upon inspection or investigation, the division believes that an employer has committed a violation. Existing law imposes penalties of certain maximum amounts depending on whether the violation is serious, uncorrected, or willful or repeated. Existing law authorizes the division to seek an injunction restraining certain uses or operations of employment that constitute a serious menace to the lives or safety of persons, as specified. Existing law establishes requirements for a prima facie showing by the division to warrant, in the discretion of the court, the granting of a temporary restraining order.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 606	California SB 606 (20212022)	bill	Workplace safety: violations of statutes: enterprise-wide violations: egregious violations.	enacted	Gonzalez	10	37	12	2021-02-18	2021-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/701bf5f4-3d80-40c9-8967-1267ce1b4681	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB606	418f7008abfff993370c37da756e29c783911dc4050040abd96cd3337040ea11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 606 (20212022) — Workplace safety: violations of statutes: enterprise-wide violations: egregious violations.

Existing law gives the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, within the Department of Industrial Relations, the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over every employment and place of employment in this state, which is necessary to adequately enforce and administer all laws requiring that employment and places of employment be safe, and requiring the protection of the life, safety, and health of every employee in that employment or place of employment. Existing law requires the division to issue a citation for a violation of provisions relating to the spraying of asbestos, or any standard, rule, order, or regulation established pursuant to specified provisions of the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 if, upon inspection or investigation, the division believes that an employer has committed a violation. Existing law imposes penalties of certain maximum amounts depending on whether the violation is serious, uncorrected, or willful or repeated. Existing law authorizes the division to seek an injunction restraining certain uses or operations of employment that constitute a serious menace to the lives or safety of persons, as specified. Existing law establishes requirements for a prima facie showing by the division to warrant, in the discretion of the court, the granting of a temporary restraining order.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/14/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/27/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB606 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• [04-07-2021] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB606 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence — 27–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 606 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 53–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB606 Gonzalez et al. — 28–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Lorena Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2021-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 April 6 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
• 2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 687.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2021-04-20 April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1198.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1377.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 2918.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2592.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 336, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/701bf5f4-3d80-40c9-8967-1267ce1b4681. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).