The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 provides the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations with the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over all employment and places of employment necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards and to protect employees. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law requires every employer to comply with those standards.

Existing law requires all meetings held by the board to be open and public and requires that written notice of all meetings and a proposed agenda be given to all persons who make request for the notice in writing to the board. Existing law requires the board, at each of its meetings, to make time available to interested persons to propose new or revised orders or standards appropriate for adoption or other items concerning occupational safety and health. Existing law requires the board to consider a proposed order or standard and report its decision no later than 6 months following receipt.

This bill would require the written notice and agenda to be posted on the board’s internet website at least 30 calendar days before a meeting. The bill would require the board to post information on any proposed order or standard on its internet website no later than one calendar day following a meeting.