Sen. Gustavo Rivera
Sponsored bills
Establishes a pilot project for placement of inmates close to home; provides that such project would house inmates who are parents of minor children in the correctional facility located in closest proximity to the primary place of residence of any such inmate's minor child or children.
Relates to equality of rights and protection against discrimination.
Removes the personal appearance requirement for voter registration or renewals.
Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.
Prohibits smoking within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any public or association library.
Implements automatic discovery for criminal court proceedings; repeals certain discovery provisions of the criminal procedure law.
Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.