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ASSEMBLY BILL 1127 (STEINBERG – 1999)

CHAPTER 615, STATUTES OF 1999, AB 1127

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As enacted, Assembly Bill 1127 amended Labor Code sections 98.7, 6304.5, 6309, 6400, 6423, 6425, 6428, 6429, 6430, 6432, and 6434 and added Labor Code section 6719, relating to employee safety.  (See Exhibit #1k)   Assembly Bill 1127 was introduced by Assembly member Darrell Steinberg on February 25, 1999.  (See Exhibit #1a)  The analysis of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety notes that Assembly member Steinberg carried Assembly Bill 1127 for the California Labor Federation and the Los Angeles District Attorney.  (See Exhibit #5, page 3)

Assembly Bill 1127 was assigned to the Assembly Committees on Labor and Employment and Public Safety and the Senate Committees on Industrial Relations and Public Safety where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3, #5, #10 and #12)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations.  (See Exhibit #7 and #14)  Nine amendments were made to Assembly Bill 1127 during its consideration by the Legislature.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1j and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Gray Davis signed the bill on October 5, 1999, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on October 10, 1999 as Chapter 615 of the Statutes of 1999.  (See Exhibits #1k and #2)

The Office of Senate Floor Analyses prepared a Third Reading analysis on Assembly Bill 1127 as last amended on September 3, 1999, which provides the following digest of the provisions of the bill:

. . . This bill provides omnibus reform of the Cal-OSHA program relating to civil and criminal penalties and enforcement procedures.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the civil and criminal penalties for violations of statutes and regulations regarding worker safety and make related changes to Labor Code provisions regarding worker health and safety.
(See Exhibit #16, pages 1 and 2)