BILL NUMBER: SB 1379INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Mendoza FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 153 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1379, as introduced, Mendoza. Labor statistics and research. Under existing law, the Department of Industrial Relations collects, compiles, and presents facts and statistics relating to the condition of labor in the state. Existing law provides that, except as specified, no use shall be made in the department's reports of the names of persons supplying information, and makes any agent or employee of the department who violates this provision guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would also prohibit the use of the identities of persons supplying information to the department. Because the bill would expand the definition of a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 153 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 153. Except as provided in Section 151 no use shall be made in the statistical or other reports prepared pursuant to this chapter of the names or identities of persons supplying the information required under this code. Any agent or employee of the department who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.