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CA AB 694

in committee

Department of Industrial Relations: advisory committee: occupational safety and health.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 694 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 694 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 694 about?

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 of Occupational Safety and Health, 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 of Industrial Relations 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, and to convene an advisory committee to make recommendations regarding the scope of the study, as described. 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 to subcontract the responsibility for conducting the study to other specified entities. 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 further require the University of California to convene an advisory committee consisting of members from specified state agencies, worker advocacy organizations, other academic institutions, and other entities, as specified, to make recommendations regarding the scope of the above-described study, and provide specified findings and recommendations to the division, as prescribed. The bill would require the advisory committee, within 60 days of entering into the contract the University of California, to hold at least one meeting, and the department, 18 months after entering into the contract with the University of California, to post the completed report on the division's internet website and to forward the completed report to the members of the advisory committee, the Governor, and specified legislative committee chairs. The bill would define terms for these purposes, and include finding and declaration relating to these provisions.

Who sponsors CA AB 694?

McKinnor is the primary sponsor of CA AB 694, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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 of Occupational Safety and Health, 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 of Industrial Relations 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, and to convene an advisory committee to make recommendations regarding the scope of the study, as described. 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 to subcontract the responsibility for conducting the study to other specified entities. 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 further require the University of California to convene an advisory committee consisting of members from specified state agencies, worker advocacy organizations, other academic institutions, and other entities, as specified, to make recommendations regarding the scope of the above-described study, and provide specified findings and recommendations to the division, as prescribed. The bill would require the advisory committee, within 60 days of entering into the contract the University of California, to hold at least one meeting, and the department, 18 months after entering into the contract with the University of California, to post the completed report on the division's internet website and to forward the completed report to the members of the advisory committee, the Governor, and specified legislative committee chairs. The bill would define terms for these purposes, and include finding and declaration relating to these provisions.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • McKinnorauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • Padillacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2025-07-14

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  3. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  5. 2025-06-11

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  6. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and ED.

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  7. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  8. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1846.)

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-05-14

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

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  12. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  14. 2025-04-21

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

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  15. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  16. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  17. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  18. 2025-03-10

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  19. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and HIGHER ED.

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  20. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  21. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 06/11/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-11Compare
  • AB694Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    2025-04-29 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Boerner: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • DeMaio: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 694 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 76-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Gallagher: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]

    2025-06-18 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Strickland: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-02 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-14 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

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