republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2146.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational safety: firefighters: personal protective equipment."
description: "The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 provides the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations with the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over all employment and places of employment necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and to protect employees. 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2146"
citation: "California AB 2146 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational safety: firefighters: personal protective equipment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83057f43-dc43-48ec-9cb4-8ebdb887c449"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146"
source_hash: "843fcfadbc73307ef876e9e0342b9ebd9e3540e08385fc08a2baa739222ced44"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2146 (20132014) — Occupational safety: firefighters: personal protective equipment.

The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 provides the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations with the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over all employment and places of employment necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and to protect employees. 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214699INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214698AMD)
3. **06/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214697AMD)
4. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214696AMD)
5. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214695AMD)
6. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214693CHP)
7. **AB2146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2146&version=20130AB214694ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2146 Skinner By Hueso — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2146 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2146 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5182.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4831.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.)
- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6474.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 811, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83057f43-dc43-48ec-9cb4-8ebdb887c449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).