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Inventory of the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Records
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Series Descriptions
Series 1. Bill Files, 1967-1994
Physical Description:
353 file folders
Arrangement
Bill files are arranged chronologically by legislative session then numerically and alphabetically by bill number.
Scope and Content Note
The committee analyzed any bill affecting the Labor Code. Bill files created by the committee may include analyses, amendments
and resolutions, author's statements, testimony, press releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and committee statements.
Of particular interest are those bills relating to the regulation of Cal-OSHA, workplace safety - including the handling of
toxic materials in the workplace, investigations of industrial accidents and discussions of immigration, unemployment and
the underground economy. Some bills of note include AB119 (1969), a controversial "professional strikebreakers" bill, AB1533
(1975), on farm labor disputes, or AB1 (1983-1984), to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Researchers may
also want to examine AB13 (1993-1994), which banned smoking in public workplaces, or SB733 (1993-1994), which stated that
job centers must first verify the legal residency of their clients. Although not all of these bills passed, the bill files
often indicate intense debate surrounding these issues.
The California State Archives received only a few bill files for the year 1970.
Microfilm copies of bill files are available for the years 1977-1984 as indicated by MF before the LP number.
Assembly Industrial Relations Committee, 1967-1969
1967: AB157-AB2369, ACR50, HR100, SB736-1491 (2ff) LP183:50-51
1968: AB158-AB805 (1ff) LP183:64
1968: AB820-AB2090, SB171-SB1070 (1ff) LP183:65
1969: AB119-AB2220 (4ff) LP183:68-71
1969: SB197-SB1192 (1ff) LP183:72
1970: AB22-AB2501 (2ff) LP183:84-85
1970: SB678, SB1033, SCR44 (1ff) LP183:84-86
Assembly Labor Relations Committee, 1971-1976
1971: AB30-AB2845, ACR101, AJR2 (3ff) LP184:1-3
1971: SB40-SB1207, SJR31 (1ff) LP184:4
1972: AB9-AB2388, ACA93 (5ff) LP184:5-9
1972: SB381-SB1499, SCR54, SCR56, SJR18 (1ff) LP184:10
1973-1974: AB10-AB4537, ACR30, AJR49 (6ff) LP210:1-6
1973-1974: SB524-SB2463, SCR103, SJR34 (1ff) LP210:7
1975-1976: AB1-AB4506, ACA98, ACR42-ACR232,AJR6-AJR79 (13ff) LP210:9-23
1975-1976: SB155-SB2060, SJR8-SJR45 (3ff) LP210:24-26
1975: SB1xxx (1ff) LP210:27
Assembly Labor, Employment and Consumer Relations Committee, 1977-1978
1977-1978: AB18-AB3794, ACR21-ACR148, AJR13-AJR91 (27ff) MF LP210:38-64
1977-1978: SB28-SB2141, SCR6-SCR94, SJR17, SJR32 (8ff) MF LP210:65-72
Assembly Labor, Employment and Consumer Affairs Committee, 1979-1980
1979-1980: AB1-AB3448, ACR59-ACR140, AJR24-AJR73 (25ff) MF LP222:183-207
1979-1980: SB2-SB2058, SCR69, SCR76 (6ff) MF LP222:208-213
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, 1981-1994
1981-1982: AB1-AB2800 (10ff) MF LP222:215-224
1981-1982: AB2839-AB3798, ACA48, ACR16-ACR102,AJR24-AJR119, AB2x (7ff) MF LP232:165-171
1981-1982: SB40-SB1857, SCR30 (4ff) MF LP232:172-174
1983-1984: AB1-AB3973, ACA3, ACA40, ACR37-ACR144, AJR2, AJR8 (25ff) MF LP232:176-200
1983-1984: SB14-SB2279 (4ff) MF LP232:201-204
1985-1986: AB1-AB4351, ACR76-ACR165, AJR79-AJR100 (23ff) LP323:1-22
1985-1986: SB11-SB2572 (9ff) LP323:23-31
1987-1988: AB1-AB4555, ACR108-ACR152, AJR77 (35ff) LP323:32-66
1987-1988: SB122-SB2855 (13ff) LP323:67-79
1989-1990: AB28-AB4311, ACR111, AJR9-AJR96 (35ff) LP323:80-116
1989-1990: SB197-SB2844, SCR77, SJR62, HR43 (13ff) LP323:117-129
1991-1992: AB15-AB3825, ACR65-ACR115, AJR33-AJR37, AB63x (22ff) LP323:133-154
1991-1992: SB222-SB1976, SCR23-SCR65, SJR46-SJR50 (7ff) LP323:155-161
1993-1994: AB13-AB3831, ACR90, ACR123, AJR57, HR17, HR25, ABX14 (28ff) LP340:1-27
1993-1994: SB96-SB1694 (7ff) LP340:28-34
Series 2. Hearing Files,1958-1988
Physical Description:
177 file folders,38 volumes, 75 audiotapes, 1 videotape, photographs.
Arrangement
Hearing files are arranged chronologically by date of hearing.
Scope and Content Note
Hearing files for the committee may contain agendas, audiotapes, transcripts, testimony, background, and working files for
regular session hearings as well as interim hearings and select joint hearings. Audiotapes and videotapes have been separated
to a cold-storage vault for preservation purposes and separation sheets are in the hearing files to alert the researcher to
the existence of these tapes.
Of potential interest are those files pertaining to bills such as AB607 (1959) on collective bargaining for state employees;
HR245 (1961) on employment of the handicapped; AB865 (1966) on collective bargaining for hospital employees; or AB1533 (1975)
on collective bargaining by agricultural employees. In addition, researchers may want to examine hearings from the later
1970s on consumer abuse in low-income areas, licensing exams for various professions, unemployment and job creation programs.
Also of interest are hearings in the late 1960s and early 1970s on protective labor laws for women, or 1980s hearings on workplace
safety issues such as video display terminal safety.
A complete list of hearing dates and subjects is available in Appendix B of the finding aid at the California State Archives.
Series 3. Subject Files, 1965-1990
Physical Description:
83 files folders, 2 volumes
Arrangement
Arranged by index and then alphabetically by subject tile.
Scope and Content Note
Subject files created by the committee may include correspondence, background materials, notes, reports, newspaper clippings,
and subcommittee information. Of particular note are those files related to the intense debates over the proposed shut down
of Cal-OSHA under the Deukmejian Administration in 1987. Researchers may also be interested in files related to the underground
economy in the construction industry, the regulation of work hazards, toxic material handling, apprenticeship programs and
debates over pensions for public employees. Committee consultant files provide insight into such issues as racism in construction
unions in the late 1960s, the grape strike and grape boycott of 1975 and the many debates over a labor relations law for farm
workers in the 1970s and 1980s.
A list complete list of subject file titles and dates is available in Appendix C of the finding aid at the California State
Archives.
Series 4. Administrative Files, 1959-1986
Physical Description:
21 file folders, 1 volume
Arrangement
Administrative files are arranged alphabetically. However, most administrative files in this series have different identification
numbers and are housed separate from each other.
Scope and Content Note
Administrative files created by the committees may include memos, notes, reports, schedules, rules, subcommittee information,
questions for witnesses and meeting agendas. Planning files include proposed schedules, proposed travel itineraries and potential
witnesses for committee hearings. Legislative summaries may include very brief descriptions of each bill heard by the committee
in any given session. These files will indicate to a researcher how the committee was organized and how it functioned.
See Appendix D of the finiding ad at the California State Archives for a complete listing of subject file titles and dates.