California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2321: Occupational safety and health: investigations.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 6314, 6315, 6315.3, 6322, 6409.2, and 6425 of the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health. occupational safety and health Occupational safety and health: investigations. (1) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations, which includes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Existing law requires the division to investigate the causes of any employment accident that is fatal to one or more employees or that results in a serious injury, illness, or exposure, except as specified…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 6314, 6315, 6315.3, 6322, 6409.2, and 6425 of the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health. occupational safety and health Occupational safety and health: investigations. (1) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations, which includes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Existing law requires the division to investigate the causes of any employment accident that is fatal to one or more employees or that results in a serious injury, illness, or exposure, except as specified. Existing law requires the chief of the division and all qualified inspectors and investigators authorized by the chief to have free access to any place of employment to investigate and inspect and sets forth various other duties related to investigation and inspection, as specified. This bill would make it a misdemeanor to willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the chief or their authorized representative in the performance of the above-described duties or to willfully violate an order of the court relating to those duties. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law makes it a public offense for any employer or any employee having direction, management, control, or custody of any employment, place of employment, or of any other employee who willfully violates any occupational safety or health standard, …