Virginia House Bill 805 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-30 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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. The measure directs the standards to apply to all indoor and outdoor places of employment and require employers to provide water, shade or a climate-controlled environment, rest periods of 15 to 45 minutes per hour, training, and emergency response procedures. The standards are also directed to require employers in certain industries to implement high-heat procedures when the temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer. The measure requires employers to pay employees one additional hour of pay at his regular compensation for each workday that it fails to provide the employee with a required rest period. The measure authorizes a person to bring a court action based on a violation in which he may seek to obtain injunctive relief; to recover damages of $500 or actual monetary loss, whichever is greater; or both.

Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.

Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-30	House	Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104780D

HB805 (Carry Over) 2020-01-30 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	44.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB805
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB805+hil