AB 815: Protecting workers from dangerous chemicals

 
CLCV Supported
Passed Assembly 44-34 (6/1/05)
Held in Senate Appropriations Committee; 2-year bill

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is notoriously lax in setting workplace standards to protect workers from exposures to chemicals, even when they are known to cause cancer and other longterm health impacts. Cal/EPA has identified 68 chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity that are completely unregulated or regulated only for short-term effects (such as dizziness) by Cal/OSHA. AB 815 (Lieber) would require Cal/OSHA to adopt new or revised workplace standards based on the most current health risk assessments.

No Senate action was taken on this item.

Assemblymember Party Vote
Greg Aghazarian R
Bad
Bad
Juan Arambula I
Good
Good
Joe Baca, Jr. D
Good
Good
Karen Bass D
Good
Good
John Benoit R
Bad
Bad
Patty Berg D
Good
Good
Rudy Bermúdez D
Good
Good
Sam Blakeslee R
Bad
Bad
Russ Bogh R
Bad
Bad
Ron Calderon D
Good
Good
Joe Canciamilla D
Good
Good
Wilma Chan D
Good
Good
Ed Chavez D
Good
Good
Judy Chu D
Good
Good
Dave Cogdill R
Bad
Bad
Rebecca Cohn D
Good
Good
Joe Coto D
Good
Good
Lynn Daucher R
Bad
Bad
Hector De La Torre D
Good
Good
Chuck DeVore R
Bad
Bad
Mervyn Dymally D
Good
Good
Bill Emmerson R
Bad
Bad
Noreen Evans D
Good
Good
Dario Frommer D
Good
Good
Bonnie Garcia R
Bad
Bad
Jackie Goldberg D
Good
Good
Mike Gordon D
Excused
Excused
Loni Hancock D
Good
Good
Tom Harman R
Bad
Bad
Ray Haynes R
Bad
Bad
Jerome Horton D
Good
Good
Shirley Horton R
Bad
Bad
Guy Houston R
Bad
Bad
Bob Huff R
Bad
Bad
Dave Jones D
Good
Good
Betty Karnette D
Good
Good
Rick Keene R
Bad
Bad
Johan Klehs D
Good
Good
Paul Koretz D
Good
Good
Jay La Suer R
Bad
Bad
John Laird D
Good
Good
Doug LaMalfa R
Bad
Bad
Mark Leno D
Good
Good
Tim Leslie R
Bad
Bad
Lloyd Levine D
Good
Good
Sally Lieber D
Good
Good
Carol Liu D
Good
Good
Barbara Matthews D
Bad
Bad
Bill Maze R
Bad
Bad
Kevin McCarthy R
Bad
Bad
Cindy Montañez D
Good
Good
Dennis Mountjoy R
Bad
Bad
Gene Mullin D
Good
Good
Alan Nakanishi R
Bad
Bad
Joe Nation D
Good
Good
Pedro Nava D
Good
Good
Gloria Negrete McLeod D
Good
Good
Roger Niello R
Bad
Bad
Fabian Núñez D
Good
Good
Jenny Oropeza D
Good
Good
Nicole Parra D
Bad
Bad
Fran Pavley D
Good
Good
George Plescia R
Bad
Bad
Keith Richman R
Bad
Bad
Mark Ridley-Thomas D
Good
Good
George Runner R
Bad
Bad
Ira Ruskin D
Good
Good
Lori Saldaña D
Good
Good
Simón Salinas D
Good
Good
Todd Spitzer R
Bad
Bad
Audra Strickland R
Bad
Bad
Alberto Torrico D
Good
Good
Van Tran R
Bad
Bad
Tom Umberg D
Good
Good
Juan Vargas D
Good
Good
Mike Villines R
Bad
Bad
Mimi Walters R
Bad
Bad
Lois Wolk D
Bad
Bad
Mark Wyland R
Bad
Bad
Leland Yee D
Good
Good

This item did not end up on the Governor's desk; therefore, he could not sign or veto it.

 
 
 

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