Our two prior blog posts, found here and here, covered the General Assembly’s
Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry
of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee.
In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a brief summary of other bills approved by the Committee (and which now await action by the full General Assembly).
OSHA
H.B. No. 6477
(“
An Act Concerning Volunteer Fire Departments And Ambulance Companies And The Definition Of Employer Under The State Occupational Safety And Health Act
”) would clarify the definition of “employer” under the State Occupational Safety and Health Act so as to cover volunteer fire departments and ambulance companies to the extent they are regulated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act. However, the bill provides that with respect to a first violation that is determined not to be of a serious nature, the volunteer fire department or ambulance company would on