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Senate committee hears bill to clarify use of temporary restraining orders for transit workers
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard AB 394, which would clarify that enhanced battery penalties and the ability to seek workplace violence temporary restraining orders (TROs) apply to all transit employees and allow transit employers and unions to petition for TROs; no formal vote was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Assemblymember Wilson on Tuesday presented AB 394 to the California State Senate Judiciary Committee, asking lawmakers to accept committee amendments that narrow and clarify how courts may use workplace violence temporary restraining orders (TROs) in transit settings.
The bill, Wilson said, clarifies that existing enhanced penalties for battery apply to transit employees beyond operators and makes explicit that public transit employers and their unions may petition for workplace violence TROs. Wilson and witnesses said judges would retain discretion to tailor TROs to the facts of each case, including systemwide limitations and hardship to respondents.
The bill’s supporters…
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