Both houses have now approved AB 2043, which would give Cal/OSHA the regulatory muscle to enforce the COVID-19 safety guidance for farmworkers.

The Assembly on Tuesday passed SB 86, a measure requiring quarterly reporting on the use of the granular form of chlorpyrifos.

While farm groups share this goal, the policy being proposed has drawn opposition from a broad coalition of agricultural and business groups.

Newsom said an announcement will come "very, very shortly” on infection reporting.

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United Farm Workers, a co-sponsor of the bill, labeled CDFA Secretary Karen Ross as “dangerous” for negotiating an exemption on the granular form under the ban.

The money will go to testing, contact tracing and isolation housing.

Gov. Newsom on Friday announced state support for constructing temporary isolation housing for COVID-positive agricultural workers who are asymptomatic.