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Committee advances bill expanding temporary restraining orders to protect transit workers
Summary
AB 3 94, which clarifies enhanced penalties and extends the temporary restraining order (TRO) process systemwide to protect transit employees beyond operators, passed out of committee to the Judiciary Committee.
The Assembly Public Safety Committee voted to pass AB 3 94 to the Judiciary Committee. The bill, presented by Assemblymember Wilson, clarifies that enhanced penalties for battery apply to all transit employees (not only operators), allows employers and labor representatives to petition for temporary restraining orders in the transit context, and specifies that TROs may apply systemwide across vehicles, stations and facilities.
Assemblymember Wilson said AB 3 94 “takes several key steps to address” rising assaults and harassment of transit workers and riders. Union…
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