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Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020

Introduced: October 1, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Oct 1, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 1, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality.

In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

What's happening now October 1, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3668 Related bill Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 21, 2020
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 1, 2020
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Oct 1, 2020
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Oct 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4781: Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4781/
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"S. 4781: Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4781/.
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