used for projects that are in excess of $1 million. Te current law was set to expire on January 1, 2023. Tis bill would extend those provisions until January 1, 2029. Support. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2022.
AB 1949 (Low) – Bereavement Leave – Tis bill makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by an eligible employee to take up to five days of unpaid bereavement leave upon the death of a family member, as defined. It would require that leave be completed within three months of the date of
death.Neutral. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2022.
AB 2188 (Quirk) – Cannabis Use – Tis bill makes it unlawful for an employer to
discriminate against a person in hiring or any term or condition of employment, if the discrimination is based upon the person’s use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace or an employ- er-required drug screening test that has found the person to have no psychoactive cannabis metabolites in their urine, hair, or bodily fluids. The bill specifies that employees working in the building and construction trades are exempted from this
bill.Neutral. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 392, Statutes of 2022.
AB 2243 (Garcia) – Heat Illness: Wildfire Smoke – This bill requires Cal/OSHA, before December 1, 2025, to submit to the Standards Board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising the heat illness preven- tion and protection from wildfire smoke
standards. In preparing the proposals, it requires Cal/OSHA to consider revising the standards. Oppose. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Stat- utes of 2022.
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AB 2446 (Holden) – Embodied Carbon Emissions: Construction Materials – Tis bill would require the state board, by July 1, 2025, to develop, in consultation with specified stakeholders, a framework for measuring and then reducing the average carbon intensity of the materials used in the construction of new buildings, including those for residential uses. It would require the framework to include a comprehensive strategy for the state’s building sector to achieve a 40% net re- duction in greenhouse gas emissions of building materials, as determined from a baseline calculated using a certain 2026 report, if that report is adequate, or as specified. The bill would require the strategy to achieve this target as soon as possible, but no later than December 31, 2035, with an interim target of 20% net reduction by December 31, 2030. Te bill would authorize the state board to adjust the interim target, as provided, and would require the established targets to begin no sooner than January 1, 2027. Oppose. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2022.
AB 2693 (Reyes) – COVID-19: Extension – Tis bill extends to January 1, 2024, the sunset date for COVID-19 related work- place reporting requirements and for Cal/ OSHA’s authority to disable an operation or process at a place of employment when the risk of COVID-19 infection creates an imminent hazard. It strikes provisions in existing law that require employers to no- tify employees in writing when they have been exposed to COVID-19 and instead requires employers to prominently display a notice in all places where notices to
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