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AB414 would require workplace air-quality measures; Department of Industrial Relations retains one-time equipment/training fiscal note
Summary
Assembly Bill 414 would set workplace air-quality protections for indoor workers over 10,000 square feet; the sponsor amended exemptions for state agencies which removed several fiscal notes but the Division of Industrial Relations reported a one-time $69,384 fiscal cost for equipment and training to enforce the measure.
Assemblymember Cynthia Moore presented Assembly Bill 414 to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill addresses air quality and occupational safety in indoor workplaces, targeting exposures that can impair cognitive function and worker safety. Moore said she added exemptions for eight state agencies (in addition to existing exemptions for first responders and certain emergency-response roles) to remove fiscal impacts on those agencies.
Victoria Padron, administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations (within the Department of Business and Industry), testified that the division retains a one-time fiscal note of $69,384 for equipment and training for OSHA staff and safety-consultation personnel to implement and enforce the bill. Padron told the committee that the division is funded by the workers’ compensation safety assessment (an assessment on insurers) rather than the general fund.
Several labor and environmental groups testified in support, saying the bill would protect warehouse workers, manufacturing employees and convention-center staff who can face harmful indoor air conditions. The Retail Association of Nevada, business chambers, the trucking and manufacturing associations and other employer groups opposed the bill as written, citing potential fiscal impacts on local governments and businesses; they requested further negotiation.
The Department of Administration’s purchasing office told the committee it withdrew its fiscal note after reviewing the amended language. The chair closed the fiscal hearing after agency representatives explained the remaining fiscal exposure and after stakeholders provided both support and opposition testimony.
Provenance: Topic begins at s=4843.94 (opening of AB 414) and fiscal testimony from the Division of Industrial Relations occurs at s=5021.545; hearing closed near s=5597.655.
