California Senate Bill SB607 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 607AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Senator Bates (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member   Jones   Coauthors:   Assembly Members   : Chvez   and Jones  ) FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to add Section 108.6 to the Labor Code, relating to certified electricians. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 607, as amended, Bates. Certified electricians: skilled journeyperson. Existing law requires the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to maintain minimum standards for the competency and training of electricians through a system of testing and certification. Existing law also sets forth requirements for the use of a skilled and trained workforce of all workers that are either skilled journeypersons or registered apprentices to perform specified work on state agency design-build projects, local agency design-build projects, and at certain stationary sources posing a regulated substances accident risk. This bill would deem  an   a general  electrician certified pursuant to those standards a skilled journeyperson for purposes of any law. 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 108.6 is added to the Labor Code, to read: 108.6. Notwithstanding any other law,  an   a general  electrician certified pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed a skilled journeyperson for purposes of any law.