Bill Commons

CA AB 2488

in committee

Department of Industrial Relations: occupational safety and health.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law establishes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the Department of Industrial Relations, and charges the division with the enforcement of various laws affecting safe working conditions, including the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the activities of the division, as specified. Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the department to contract with the University of California, Los Angeles Labor Center, to conduct a study evaluating opportunities to improve worker safety and safeguard employment rights, as specified. This bill would require the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to contract with the University of California, Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program and the University of California, Los Angeles Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program to conduct a study to evaluate the understaffing and vacancies within the division and make recommendations to the department, the Department of Human Resources, and the Legislature on policies the state shall use to inform the consideration and establishment of career pathways to the Compliance Safety and Health Officer classification. The bill would authorize the University of California, as defined, to subcontract the responsibility for conducting the study to other specified entities. The bill would require the department to cooperate and collaborate with the University of California and its subcontractors, if any, in the conduct of the study. The bill would require the University of California and its subcontractors, if any, as part of the study, to hold at least one well-publicized and conveniently located meeting to provide an opportunity for comment by stakeholders and the public on the issues addressed in the study. The bill would require the University of California and its subcontractors, if any, to issue a report that includes certain information about the understaffing and vacancies of Compliance Safety and Health Officers within the division. The bill would require the report to be completed in 18 months, posted on the division's internet website, and forwarded to the Governor and the chairs of specified legislative committees. The bill would define terms for these purposes.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schiavoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  4. 2026-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2026-04-22

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  6. 2026-05-14

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-08 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Chen: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ward: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2488

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