AB 515: Safe at work

 
CLCV Supported
Passed Assembly 43-34 (6/5/07)
Held in Senate Environmental Quality Committee

The sad fact is that the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration has failed to promulgate rules to protect workers from exposure to a number of toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer and birth defects, even when risk assessments on the chemicals are available. AB 515 (Lieber) would rectify that shortcoming by requiring OSHA to set permissible exposure limits for chemicals that are used in the workplace, that are known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, and for which a risk assessment has been completed.

No Senate action was taken on this item.

Assemblymember Party Vote
Anthony Adams R
Bad
Bad
Greg Aghazarian R
Bad
Bad
Joel Anderson R
Bad
Bad
Juan Arambula I
Good
Good
Karen Bass D
Good
Good
Jim Beall D
Good
Good
John Benoit R
Bad
Bad
Patty Berg D
Good
Good
Tom Berryhill R
Bad
Bad
Sam Blakeslee R
Bad
Bad
Julia Brownley D
Good
Good
Anna Caballero D
Not Voting
Not Voting
Charles Calderon D
Good
Good
Wilmer Amina Carter D
Good
Good
Paul Cook R
Bad
Bad
Joe Coto D
Good
Good
Mike Davis D
Good
Good
Hector De La Torre D
Good
Good
Kevin de León D
Good
Good
Mark DeSaulnier D
Good
Good
Chuck DeVore R
Bad
Bad
Mike Duvall R
Bad
Bad
Mervyn Dymally D
Good
Good
Bill Emmerson R
Bad
Bad
Mike Eng D
Good
Good
Noreen Evans D
Good
Good
Mike Feuer D
Good
Good
Felipe Fuentes D
Good
Good
Jean Fuller R
Bad
Bad
Ted Gaines R
Bad
Bad
Cathleen Galgiani D
Bad
Bad
Bonnie Garcia R
Bad
Bad
Martin Garrick R
Bad
Bad
Loni Hancock D
Good
Good
Mary Hayashi D
Good
Good
Edward P. Hernandez D
Good
Good
Jerome Horton D
Bad
Bad
Guy Houston R
Bad
Bad
Bob Huff R
Bad
Bad
Jared Huffman D
Good
Good
Kevin Jeffries R
Bad
Bad
Dave Jones D
Good
Good
Betty Karnette D
Not Voting
Not Voting
Rick Keene R
Bad
Bad
Paul Krekorian D
Good
Good
John Laird D
Good
Good
Doug LaMalfa R
Bad
Bad
Mark Leno D
Good
Good
Lloyd Levine D
Good
Good
Sally Lieber D
Good
Good
Ted Lieu D
Good
Good
Fiona Ma D
Good
Good
Bill Maze R
Bad
Bad
Tony Mendoza D
Good
Good
Gene Mullin D
Good
Good
Alan Nakanishi R
Bad
Bad
Pedro Nava D
Good
Good
Roger Niello R
Bad
Bad
Fabian Núñez D
Good
Good
Nicole Parra D
Bad
Bad
George Plescia R
Bad
Bad
Anthony Portantino D
Good
Good
Curren Price D
Good
Good
Laura Richardson D
Good
Good
Sharon Runner R
Bad
Bad
Ira Ruskin D
Good
Good
Mary Salas D
Good
Good
Lori Saldaña D
Good
Good
Jim Silva R
Bad
Bad
Cameron Smyth R
Bad
Bad
Jose Solorio D
Good
Good
Nell Soto D
Excused
Excused
Todd Spitzer R
Bad
Bad
Audra Strickland R
Bad
Bad
Sandré Swanson D
Good
Good
Alberto Torrico D
Good
Good
Van Tran R
Bad
Bad
Mike Villines R
Bad
Bad
Mimi Walters R
Bad
Bad
Lois Wolk 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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