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
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Last action Jan 25, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
4
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Committee
1
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101769D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
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