Hold off on purchasing cases and cases of gloves or buying stock in glove manufacturers. Guess what? Our state politicians passed ANOTHER law without considering the ramifications.
The "glove law, " which was written by Dr. Richard Pan, a Democrat from Sacramento was a consensus bill. It was agreed upon that if aspects of the bill had opposition at any time in the process, those provisions would be removed from the proposal. Because no one knew about it until after the law passed, there was no resistance to AB1252 and it flew through both houses of the Legislature with unanimous approval in 2013 and was signed by the governor. The bill requires ANYONE working in a California restaurant or bar who prepares ready-to-eat food (cocktails, sushi, dinner rolls, salad, etc.) must wear gloves, use utensils or or some other barrier like tissue paper to avoid direct hand contact. But the new law, which went into effect January 1, 2014, has had so much trouble that lawmakers are already trying to repeal it.
A few weeks ago, Pan — the State Assembly member who is also the chair of the Health Committee — announced emergency legislation to repeal AB1252 Section 113961. The emergency legislation needs two-thirds majority vote to pass. A date is not yet set for the vote and there is no opposition at this point. Stay tuned.
