BILL NUMBER: SB 888	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 9, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 8, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 20, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dunn

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Part 5 (commencing with Section 1450) to Division 2
of the Labor Code, relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 888, as amended, Dunn.  Employment:  homeland security.
   Existing law, by executive order of the Governor, establishes the
Office of Homeland Security.
   This bill would prohibit the performance of any work involving
information that is essential to homeland security, as defined, at a
worksite located outside of the United States unless expertise or
materials necessary to perform the work is not available in the
United States.  
   The bill would require the Office of Homeland Security to adopt
regulations necessary to implement these provisions. 
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Part 5 (commencing with Section 1450) is added to
Division 2 of the Labor Code, to read:

      PART 5.  HOMELAND SECURITY

   1450.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no
work involving information that is essential to homeland security
shall be performed at a worksite outside of the United States.
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply if the expertise or materials
necessary to perform the work is unavailable in the United States.
   1451.  For purposes of this part, "information essential to
homeland security" means either of the following:
   (a) Information necessary to enhance the capability of state and
local jurisdictions to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist acts,
including, but not limited to, acts of terrorism involving weapons of
mass destruction and nuclear, radiological, incendiary, chemical,
and explosive devices.
   (b) Information relating to physical and information
infrastructures, including, but not limited to, the
telecommunications, energy, financial services, water, and
transportation sectors.  
   1452.  The Office of Homeland Security shall adopt regulations
necessary to implement this part.