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SB288Introduced in the Senate

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

Passed

Introduced by Lashrecse Aird, District 13

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 HB 1092.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

7 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · March 13, 2026

21

Yes

18

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2No
Chris Head3No
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5No
Todd Pillion6No
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8No

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105398D

  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)

  4. Senate committee offered

  5. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)

  6. Committee substitute printed 26106889D-S1

  7. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107621D-S2

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

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

  12. Read second time

  13. Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)

  14. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  15. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  16. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  17. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)

  18. Placed on Calendar

  19. Read first time

  20. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  21. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N)

  22. Committee substitute printed 26108468D-H1

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)

  24. Read second time

  25. Read third time

  26. committee substitute agreed to

  27. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  28. Passed House with substitute (61-Y 34-N 0-A)

  29. House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)

  30. House insisted on substitute

  31. House requested conference committee

  32. Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  33. Conferees appointed by Senate

  34. Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle

  35. Conferees appointed by House

  36. House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Oates

  37. Conference Report released

  38. Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A)

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

  40. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)

  41. Enrolled

  42. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER)

  43. Signed by President

  44. Signed by Speaker

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

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

  47. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)

  48. Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/2026)

  49. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)

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