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HB1092Introduced in the House of Delegates

Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.

Passed

Introduced by Phil Hernandez, District 94

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention; Safety and Health Codes Board. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) to adopt regulations designed to protect workers from heat illness, as defined in the bill, during indoor and outdoor work. The bill provides that such regulations shall be enforced by the Board's existing authority. The bill directs the Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop and adopt regulations that require employers to implement heat illness prevention plans and to convene an advisory panel to assist in developing such regulations. This bill is identical to SB 288.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) · March 14, 2026

61

Yes

35

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105193D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)

  7. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107897D-H1

  9. Read first time

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  13. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)

  14. Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  16. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  17. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)

  18. Committee substitute printed 26108993D-S1

  19. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)

  20. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)

  21. Rules suspended

  22. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  23. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  24. Read third time

  25. Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to

  26. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  27. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  28. Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)

  29. Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  30. Senate requested conference committee

  31. House acceded to request

  32. Conferees appointed by House

  33. House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Ballard

  34. Conferees appointed by Senate

  35. Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle

  36. Conference Report released

  37. Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  38. Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 35-N 0-A)

  39. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)

  40. Enrolled

  41. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1092ER)

  42. Signed by President

  43. Signed by Speaker

  44. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  45. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  46. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)

  47. Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/2026)

  48. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)

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