California Labor Code 9150 – (a) The Legislature finds and declares the …
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) All workers deserve a safe and healthy workplace. Because the sets of motion picture productions have potential hazards, proactive planning and oversight of the workplace are key to worker safety.
Terms Used In California Labor Code 9150
- Ammunition: means one or more loaded cartridges consisting of a primed case, propellant, and with one or more projectiles. See California Labor Code 9151
- committee: means the California group composed of union, guild, and employer representatives that establishes safety guidelines for motion picture production and that meets regularly. See California Labor Code 9151
- Motion picture production: means the development or creation of motion pictures, television programs, streaming productions, commercial advertisements, music videos, or any other moving images, including, but not limited to, productions made for entertainment, commercial, religious, or educational purposes. See California Labor Code 9151
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Pilot program: means the Safety on Productions Pilot Program established in Sections 9152 and 9152. See California Labor Code 9151
- Safety advisor: means a person who works in tandem with, but independent of, performers and crew and who is not employed for any other role on the motion picture production. See California Labor Code 9151
(2) The growing popularity of a diverse array of media platforms and reality television and increased customer demand for new content and new production has increased the need for safety on sets.
(3) Improving the overall health and safety on motion picture production sets is especially critical for the safe handling of firearms.
(4) The primary protections for the cast and crew in a motion picture production, including when firearms are used, are found in voluntary safety standards developed by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee for use in motion picture production.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to do the following:
(1) Establish a pilot program to address the implementation and oversight of safety practices and procedures in motion picture productions participating in the pilot program.
(2) Require the productions in the pilot program to employ a safety advisor to oversee production safety and complete detailed, script-specific general and, if applicable, specific risk assessments as part of this pilot program.
(3) Establish training requirements and safety standards that focus on the safe handling of firearms and blanks in all motion picture production in California.
(4) Prohibit, except in the most limited circumstances, the use of live ammunition in motion picture production in California.
(c) It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to do either of the following:
(1) Adversely impact the employment or retention of craft employees responsible for handling firearms used in motion picture productions.
(2) Preclude the use of firearms, blanks, replicas, simulated firearms, or inert prop firearms or to influence content in motion picture productions.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 56, Sec. 3. (SB 132) Effective July 10, 2023. Operative January 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 9161.)