CA SB 966

in committee

Refinery and chemical plants.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law, the California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990, requires the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to promote worker safety through implementation of training and process safety management practices in refineries, chemical plants, and other appropriate facilities, including by adopting process safety management standards and regulations. The act defines "process safety management" and other terms for its purposes. The act also requires an employer to develop and maintain written safety information, emergency action plans, operating procedures, procedures to manage changes, and inspection and testing programs. This bill would require an employer, in consultation with employees and employee representatives, to develop, implement, and maintain a written plan to effectively provide for employee participation in all process safety management elements. The bill would also require, on or before April 1, 2027, an employer, in consultation with employee and employee representatives, to develop and implement stop work procedures and procedures for reporting and responding to hazards, as specified. The bill would require an employer to document specific information relating to a partial or complete shut down of an operation or process and reports of hazards. The bill would provide how employees who are and who are not represented by an authorized collective bargaining agent participate in the development of these plans and procedures.

Introduced: 2026-02-03
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-25 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Refineryandchemicalplants

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-02-03
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-02-04
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2026-02-11
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 15.
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3903.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-17
Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-23
April 27 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4259.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4481.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-06-04
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
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2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/03/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-03Compare
03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-15 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: no
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 30-9
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Niello: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Dahle: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Ward: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lee: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: no
- Chen: no

Related bills

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