Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 7, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
This bill directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promulgate a standard that requires employers to implement certain measures for protecting workers from heat stress and related illnesses or injuries. Heat stress refers to the load of heat that a person experiences due to sources of heat or heat retention (including metabolic heat, environmental factors, and clothing or personal protective equipment) or the presence of heat in a work setting.
Further, if an employer cannot reduce exposure to heat stress below hazardous levels through engineering controls (e.g., heat shields and insulation) or personal protective equipment (e.g., heat reflective clothing), the employer must implement a program that mitigates such exposure through access to appropriate hydration and cool-down spaces, acclimatization policies, and periodic paid rest breaks.
Additionally, the bill establishes requirements concerning judicial review, implementation, enforcement, recordkeeping, and whistle-blower protections related to the standard.
The bill also requires the Department of Labor to include questions about heat-related illness and injury in the National Agricultural Workers Survey (an employment-based, random-sample survey of U.S. crop workers that collects demographic, employment, and health information).
Cosponsors 116
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2021 to Oct 25, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Oct 25, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2021Markup Jul 27, 2022Reported Nov 7, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-547.
- Nov 7, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
- Jul 27, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 27, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 19.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 27, 2022H.R. 2193, Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on July 27, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 57, March 26, 2021, page H1692.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-46 | EXAMINING THE POLICIES AND PRIORITIES OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION92 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | May 25, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1068 | Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021 | Related bill | Apr 12, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Business records
- Department of Labor
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Water use and supply
- Worker safety and health
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2022Reported in House
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
