Occupational safety and health standards: construction jobsites: toilet facilities.
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, and 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.
California AB 521 (20232024) — Occupational safety and health standards: construction jobsites: toilet facilities.
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, and 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 521 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 521 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB521 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2023-04-17 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
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1557.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1693.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2023-06-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-06-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2639.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3384.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed085d53-d250-4493-ad45-9e8d536a066d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).