Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.
Summary
Employment health and safety standards; heatillness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Boardto adopt regulations establishing standards designed to protect employeesfrom heat illness, defined in the bill. The measure authorizes anemployee to bring an action based on a violation of such standardsin which injunctive relief and monetary damages may be sought.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 31, 2020
Last action Jan 28, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Dec 31, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Dec 31, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101346D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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