VirginiaEmployment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.
What it does
Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards designed to protect employees from heat illness and establish a list of high-hazard industries, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a person aggrieved by a violation of its provisions or the regulations promulgated thereunder to seek to obtain injunctive relief, to recover statutory damages of $1000, or both, in an action commenced within one year of the cause of action.
More detail
The bill requires the Safety and Health Codes Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop a list of high-hazard industries by January 1, 2026, and to develop and adopt regulations requiring employers in high-hazard industries to implement standards for heat illness prevention by May 1, 2026. This bill was incorporated into SB 917.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 5Left in Finance and AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1103)
- Jan 20Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103195DIntroduced