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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 14Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1980)
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 25107055D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Feb 4Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1980)
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)Passed House
- Jan 31Printed as engrossed 25102494D-E
- Jan 31Engrossed by House as amended
- Jan 31Labor and Commerce Amendments agreed toMajor
- Jan 31Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1980)
- Jan 23Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102494DIntroduced
- Feb 14Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N)Latest