California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

AB 2537 — Personal protective equipment: health care employees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2020.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires an employer to furnish employment and a place of employment that is safe and healthful for the employees and to establish, implement, and maintain an effective injury prevention program, as prescribed. Regulations enacted by the Department of Industrial Relations regulate the nature and use personal protective equipment and regulate practices in health care facilities connected with aerosol transmissible diseases. This bill would require public and private employers of workers in a general acute care hospital, as defined, to supply those employees who provide direct patient care or provide services that directly support personal care with the personal protective equipment necessary to comply with the regulations described above, as specified. The bill would also require an employer to ensure that the employees use the personal protective equipment supplied to them. The bill would further require that an employer in this context, beginning April 1, 2021, maintain a supply of specified equipment in an amount equal to 3 months of normal consumption. The bill would require an employer to provide an inventory of its stockpile and a copy of its written procedures, as specified, to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health upon request. The bill would authorize the assessment of a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each violation to maintain the required stockpile, except in certain circumstances. The bill would make a statement of legislative findings. The bill would require an employer who is obligated to maintain an equipment stockpile and who controls a facility or setting in which another employer provides health care services to maintain the required equipment for the other employer. The bill would require a general acute care hospital, on or before January 15, 2021, to be prepared to report to the Department of Industrial Relations, under penalty of perjury, its highest 7-day consecutive daily average consumption of personal protective equipment during the 2019 calendar year and would exempt general acute care hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals from this requirement, as specified. The bill would require an employer to establish and implement effective written procedures for periodically determining the quantity and types of equipment used in its normal consumption. The bill would also authorize the division to enforce these provisions through the issuance of citations, as specified. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2020.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 1. Page 5386.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20).

  12. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  15. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 4718.)

  18. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 4700.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (June 3).

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  26. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Rodriguez

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 2537 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 57 Yea · 1 Nay · 21 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 371013
Democratic 20002
Republican 0006
Total 571021
% of votes cast 72%1%0%27%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Weber — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Yea
Salas — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Brough — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Low — Yea
Diep — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chau — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gloria — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Nay
Mayes — Not Voting
Obernolte — Not Voting
Cunningham — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Fong — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Chu — Not Voting
Mathis — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading AB2537 Rodriguez et al. By Hertzberg

Passed 31 Yea · 7 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 10000
Unaffiliated 21501
Republican 0201
Total 31702
% of votes cast 78%18%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Galgiani — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Allen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beall — Yea
Roth — Yea
Chang — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Borgeas — Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5100
Republican 0100
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 2537 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 14 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38805
Democratic 19102
Republican 0501
Total 571408
% of votes cast 72%18%0%10%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Smith — Yea
Weber — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Salas — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cooley — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Brough — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Fong — Not Voting
Cunningham — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Medina — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 7202
Republican 0100
Total 13302
% of votes cast 72%17%0%11%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Fong — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2537 do?
Existing law requires an employer to furnish employment and a place of employment that is safe and healthful for the employees and to establish, implement, and maintain an effective injury prevention program, as prescribed. Regulations enacted by the Department of Industrial Relations regulate the nature and use personal protective equipment and regulate practices in health care facilities connected with aerosol transmissible diseases. This bill would require public and private employers of workers in a general acute care hospital, as defined, to supply those employees who provide direct patient care or provide services that directly support personal care with the personal protective equipment necessary to comply with the regulations described above, as specified. The bill would also require an employer to ensure that the employees use the personal protective equipment supplied to them. The bill would further require that an employer in this context, beginning April 1, 2021, maintain a supply of specified equipment in an amount equal to 3 months of normal consumption. The bill would require an employer to provide an inventory of its stockpile and a copy of its written procedures, as specified, to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health upon request. The bill would authorize the assessment of a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each violation to maintain the required stockpile, except in certain circumstances. The bill would make a statement of legislative findings. The bill would require an employer who is obligated to maintain an equipment stockpile and who controls a facility or setting in which another employer provides health care services to maintain the required equipment for the other employer. The bill would require a general acute care hospital, on or before January 15, 2021, to be prepared to report to the Department of Industrial Relations, under penalty of perjury, its highest 7-day consecutive daily average consumption of personal protective equipment during the 2019 calendar year and would exempt general acute care hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals from this requirement, as specified. The bill would require an employer to establish and implement effective written procedures for periodically determining the quantity and types of equipment used in its normal consumption. The bill would also authorize the division to enforce these provisions through the issuance of citations, as specified. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 2537?
AB 2537 is sponsored by Rodriguez and Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 2537?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2020. Enacted.
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