US Congress Senate Bill 4781 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on October 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-10-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality. In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020

Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3668 (Related) 2019-07-10 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4781/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4781/BILLS-116s4781is.pdf