Amended IN Assembly May 15, 2023 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 521Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan(Coauthor: Assembly Member Weber)February 07, 2023 An act to add Section 6722 to the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 521, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Occupational safety and health standards: construction jobsites: restrooms.Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, jurisdiction over all employment and places of employment, with the power necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA), requires employers to comply with certain safety and health standards, as specified, and charges the division with enforcement of the act. Existing law requires the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the heat illness standard and wildfire smoke standard. Existing law also requires the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards on or before December 31, 2025.This bill would also require the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising a regulation on construction jobsite restrooms to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with 2 or more required water closets. The bill would require the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described above on or before December 31, 2025. The bill would include related legislative findings. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Women are underrepresented in the trades and also face numerous barriers on jobsites.(2) One of these many barriers is access to a clean and secure restroom. (3) Shared restrooms often pose sanitary as well as safety concerns for women on jobsites.(b) In order to ensure the safety and security of women on jobsites, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is necessary to take action to ensure that women have access to at least one separate womens designated restroom at jobsites when other restroom facilities are also available for others at the jobsite.SEC. 2. Section 6722 is added to the Labor Code, to read:6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets. (b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.
Amended IN Assembly May 15, 2023 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 521Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan(Coauthor: Assembly Member Weber)February 07, 2023 An act to add Section 6722 to the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 521, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Occupational safety and health standards: construction jobsites: restrooms.Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, jurisdiction over all employment and places of employment, with the power necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA), requires employers to comply with certain safety and health standards, as specified, and charges the division with enforcement of the act. Existing law requires the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the heat illness standard and wildfire smoke standard. Existing law also requires the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards on or before December 31, 2025.This bill would also require the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising a regulation on construction jobsite restrooms to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with 2 or more required water closets. The bill would require the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described above on or before December 31, 2025. The bill would include related legislative findings. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly May 15, 2023 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2023
Amended IN Assembly May 15, 2023
Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 521
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan(Coauthor: Assembly Member Weber)February 07, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan(Coauthor: Assembly Member Weber)
February 07, 2023
An act to add Section 6722 to the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 521, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Occupational safety and health standards: construction jobsites: restrooms.
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, jurisdiction over all employment and places of employment, with the power necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA), requires employers to comply with certain safety and health standards, as specified, and charges the division with enforcement of the act. Existing law requires the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the heat illness standard and wildfire smoke standard. Existing law also requires the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards on or before December 31, 2025.This bill would also require the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising a regulation on construction jobsite restrooms to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with 2 or more required water closets. The bill would require the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described above on or before December 31, 2025. The bill would include related legislative findings.
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, jurisdiction over all employment and places of employment, with the power necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (OSHA), requires employers to comply with certain safety and health standards, as specified, and charges the division with enforcement of the act.
Existing law requires the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the heat illness standard and wildfire smoke standard. Existing law also requires the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards on or before December 31, 2025.
This bill would also require the division, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising a regulation on construction jobsite restrooms to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with 2 or more required water closets. The bill would require the standards board to review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described above on or before December 31, 2025. The bill would include related legislative findings.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Women are underrepresented in the trades and also face numerous barriers on jobsites.(2) One of these many barriers is access to a clean and secure restroom. (3) Shared restrooms often pose sanitary as well as safety concerns for women on jobsites.(b) In order to ensure the safety and security of women on jobsites, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is necessary to take action to ensure that women have access to at least one separate womens designated restroom at jobsites when other restroom facilities are also available for others at the jobsite.SEC. 2. Section 6722 is added to the Labor Code, to read:6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets. (b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Women are underrepresented in the trades and also face numerous barriers on jobsites.(2) One of these many barriers is access to a clean and secure restroom. (3) Shared restrooms often pose sanitary as well as safety concerns for women on jobsites.(b) In order to ensure the safety and security of women on jobsites, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is necessary to take action to ensure that women have access to at least one separate womens designated restroom at jobsites when other restroom facilities are also available for others at the jobsite.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Women are underrepresented in the trades and also face numerous barriers on jobsites.(2) One of these many barriers is access to a clean and secure restroom. (3) Shared restrooms often pose sanitary as well as safety concerns for women on jobsites.(b) In order to ensure the safety and security of women on jobsites, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is necessary to take action to ensure that women have access to at least one separate womens designated restroom at jobsites when other restroom facilities are also available for others at the jobsite.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(1) Women are underrepresented in the trades and also face numerous barriers on jobsites.
(2) One of these many barriers is access to a clean and secure restroom.
(3) Shared restrooms often pose sanitary as well as safety concerns for women on jobsites.
(b) In order to ensure the safety and security of women on jobsites, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is necessary to take action to ensure that women have access to at least one separate womens designated restroom at jobsites when other restroom facilities are also available for others at the jobsite.
SEC. 2. Section 6722 is added to the Labor Code, to read:6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets. (b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.
SEC. 2. Section 6722 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
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6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets. (b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.
6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets. (b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.
6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets. (b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.
6722. (a) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one womens designated restroom for jobsites with two or more required water closets.
(b) The standards board shall review the rulemaking proposal and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 2025.