S4427Referred to Committee

Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-04-29

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Bill Cassidy

Republican · LA · Senator

Votes with party: 74.4% (811 recorded votes)

Top industries funding sponsor:

Climate & Environment$8,471k

Full profile: /officials/C001075

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Cosponsors (11)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-04-29

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2026-04-29

Previously

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeReferred To · 2026-04-29

Plain-English Summary

The proposal would prevent the Department of Labor from creating or enforcing new workplace safety rules designed to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses. This would affect employers in industries like construction, agriculture, and outdoor work, as well as the workers in those fields who could face heat exposure risks. The bill is currently under review by a Senate committee.

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Subjects

Labor and Employment

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4427 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4427 To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 29, 2026 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, Mr. Daines, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the proposed standard titled ``Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings'' published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 70698) is overly prescriptive, burdensome to businesses, and confusing for workers; (2) utilizing prescriptive requirements on employers to effectuate the aims of this proposed standard, including high- heat triggers, stringent protocols around rest breaks, strict acclimatization protocols, and highly detailed written safety plans, make the proposed standard unworkable; and (3) creating a proposed standard to regulate indoor heat and outdoor heat with prescriptive and specific requirements, which covers all industries and geographies without regard for unique considerations, will cause confusion and undermine worker safety. SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING A PROPOSED STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO HEAT INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION. The Secretary of Labor may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed standard titled ``Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings'' published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 70698), or any substantially similar standard. <all>

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