H.R. 6213 · House bill · 119th Congress

Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. Mark Messmer, Indiana with 72 co-sponsors

Introduced Nov 20, 2025

Referred to the Education and Workforce Committee

Latest action Jul 21, 2026

SponsorRep. Mark Messmer, Indiana· 72 cosponsorsRep. Glenn Grothman, WisconsinRep. Harriet Hageman, Wyoming

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What the bill does

This bill prohibits the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a safety standard requiring certain employers to create a heat injury and illness prevention plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in their workplaces.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Sep 9, 2026.

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Contents

Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025”.

Sec. 2. Prohibition against finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention

The Secretary of Labor may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed standard titled “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings” published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 70698), or any substantially similar standard.

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