AB 1007 (Ortega, D-Hayward)
Oppose Unless Amended
Passed the Assembly on May 31. Pending a Senate policy committee referral.
AB 1007 would require Cal/OSHA to submit a proposed regulation requiring hospitals to evacuate or use a plume scavenging system in any setting where techniques are used that create plume.
AB 1359 (Schiavo, D-Santa Clarita)
Oppose Unless Amended
Passed the Assembly on May 30. Pending a Senate policy committee referral.
AB 1359 would require accrued paid sick days for health care employees to be carried over to the following year. It would also prohibit health care facilities, including hospitals, from limiting an employee’s use of accrued paid sick days.
SB 27 (Durazo, D-Los Angeles)
Follow
Passed the Senate on May 30. Pending an Assembly policy committee referral.
SB 27 would require vendors to provide their employees with the total compensation rate in the vendor’s contract, as well as make other payroll information available to employees upon request. It would require that vendors provide payroll information to the University of California (UC) and UC employee unions that perform similar services. SB 27 would also prohibit vendors from contracting with the UC if they are supplying employees for services at a lower compensation rate than the UC’s policy on wages and benefits.
SB 525 (Durazo, D-Los Angeles)
Oppose
Passed the Senate on May 31. Pending an Assembly policy committee referral.
SB 525 was amended on May 25 and would now create a statewide $21 minimum wage for all health care workers in any health care setting, including contractors, starting June 1, 2024. It would rise to $25 on June 1, 2025. The minimum wage would also increase annually by 3.5% or the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lesser. During her May 31 presentation on the Senate floor, Sen. Durazo committed to her colleagues — without providing specific details — that she would amend the bill to address concerns around financially distressed and rural hospitals, the needs of clinics, and timing of the implementation.
SB 616 (Gonzalez, D-Long Beach)
Oppose Through Coalition
Passed the Senate on May 31. Pending an Assembly policy committee referral.
SB 616 would require employers to provide at least 56 hours or seven days of accrued sick leave or paid time off by the 280th calendar day of employment and would require that time to be allowed to be carried over into the following year. The bill would also increase the amount of paid sick leave or paid time off an employee can accrue from 48 hours or six days to 112 hours or 14 days.