Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Employers to Provide Copy of IIPP

Gov. Jerry Grown vetoed a bill that would have required employees to provide to workers a copy of their written injury and illness prevention plan upon request. Brown on Sunday said in a veto message that he didn’t think AB 978, by Assemblywoman Monique Limon, D-Santa Barbara, was necessary. “I support policies that promote access and transparency in order to prevent injuries and improve health and safety,” the governor said in his veto message. “This bill, however, is unnecessary and duplicative of an existing regulatory proposal that is already underway at the Occup...