BILL NUMBER: S1686
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibition of certain
activities in extreme temperatures
 
PURPOSE:
Prohibits retail businesses to direct an employee to engage in human
billboard activities during extreme temperatures.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the labor law by adding section 218b to prohibit
certain activities in extreme temperatures. Defines "retail businesses."
"consumer goods," "extreme weather," and "human billboard".
Section 2: Sets effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
When temperatures reach ninety degrees or more, they pose a real and
serious health risk for employees who engage in human billboard activ-
ities. Prolonged heat exposure causes body temperature to soar, and heat
illnesses may result, including the most serious: heatstroke.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate
2018: Referred to Labor
2020: S1656, Referred to Labor
2021: S1844, Referred to Labor
2022: S1844, Referred to Labor
2023: S445, Referred to Labor
2024: S445, Referred to Labor
Assembly
2018: Referred to Labor
2020: A3621, Referred to Labor
2021: A323, Referred to Insurance
2022: A323, Referred to Insurance
2023: A847, Referred to Labor
2024: A847, Referred to Labor
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.