Labor and Workforce Development Agency: heat: advisory committee study.

Existing law establishes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. Existing law requires the secretary to perform specified duties, including advising the Governor with respect to establishing major policy and program matters affecting each department, office, or other unit within the agency. Existing law authorizes officers or employees within the agency to exercise powers designated to them by the secretary. This bill would require the agency, on or before July 1, 2023, to establish an advisory committee to study and evaluate the effects of heat on California's workers, businesses, and the economy. The bill would require the committee to meet to recommend the scope of a study to the agency. The bill would require the advisory committee, in considering the effects of heat on California's workers, businesses, and the economy, recommend a study that addresses prescribed topics relating to data collection, certain economic losses, injuries and illnesses, and methods of minimizing the effect of heat on workers. The bill would require the advisory committee to be composed of specified representatives from state agencies, labor and business entities, and academia. The bill would authorize the advisory committee to contract with academic institutions or other researchers to complete its work. The bill would require the advisory committee to issue a report of its findings to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2026. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2027.