BILL NUMBER: SB 857INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 7104 of the Labor Code, relating to workplace safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 857, as introduced, Lieu. Workplace safety: floor support. Existing law specifies requirements to support temporary flooring, if the span of floor exceeds 13 feet on a multifloor building, other than a structural steel framed building, more than 2 stories high in the course of construction. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 7104 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 7104. If a span of a floor on a building exceeds 13 feet, an intermediate beam shall be used to support the temporary flooring, but spans not to exceed 16 feet may be covered by three-inch planks without an intermediate beam. The intermediate beam shall be ofasufficient strength to sustain a live load of 50 pounds per square foot of the area supported.