WORK to Save Lives Act
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Mar 19, 2026
What it does
The WORK to Save Lives Act would require the Secretary of Labor, through OSHA, to issue non-mandatory guidance for private employers on acquiring and maintaining opioid overdose reversal medication and providing annual employee training on its use, while also issuing mandatory regulations requiring all federal agencies to do the same. The bill defines "employer" under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, excluding the U.S. Postal Service, and defines "Federal agency" broadly to include entities like the Veterans Health Administration. The guidance and regulations must be issued within 270 days of enactment. The bill aims to improve workplace readiness to respond to opioid…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.