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Committee hears bill to clarify workplace-violence restraining orders for transit workers
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard AB 394, which would clarify that enhanced penalties and temporary workplace violence restraining orders (TROs) apply across transit workforces and allow employers and unions to petition, while affirming judicial discretion to tailor orders.
The California State Senate Judiciary Committee heard AB 394, authored by Assemblymember Wilson, a proposal to clarify how temporary workplace violence restraining orders apply to public transit employees and to confirm that enhanced penalties for assault apply to the broader transit workforce.
Supporters told the committee the bill is intended to remove uncertainty about whether current law extends to non-operator transit staff and to preserve a judge's ability to tailor systemwide orders. "What would be unacceptable in any other workplace will also be unacceptable in the transit context," said Matt Bridal, speaking on behalf of the California Conference of the Amalgamated…
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