Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 28
- Latest action
- Jul 16, 2025
What it does
The Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025 would direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a federal occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses. It would require employers to provide workplaces free from reasonably anticipated heat stress hazards and to comply with the new standard, including implementing engineering controls, administrative controls, personal protective equipment, health protocols, training, and written heat illness prevention plans with employee involvement. The bill mandates paid rest breaks, access to water and shade, acclimatization policies, language-accessible materials,…
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Where it stands
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Alejandro Padilla
- Adam Schiff
- Andy Kim
- Angela Alsobrooks
- Ben Luján
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Chris Van Hollen
- Cory Booker
- Edward Markey
- Elizabeth Warren
- Jeff Merkley
- John Fetterman
- John Hickenlooper
- John Reed
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Mark Kelly
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Patty Murray
- Peter Welch
- Richard Blumenthal
- Ron Wyden
- Ruben Gallego
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Tammy Baldwin
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.