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Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.

Introduced Nov 20, 2025

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Issues
Labor & Wages
Legislative subjects (2)
Lighting, heating, coolingWorker safety and health

Summary
  • Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing the proposed occupational safety standard titled "Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings" published by OSHA on August 30, 2024
  • Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from implementing and enforcing the proposed heat injury and illness prevention standard
  • Also prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any substantially similar heat injury and illness prevention standard

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
62 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Mark B. Messmer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $75,844
  • HOUSE WIFE $17,400
  • WABASH VALLEY PRODUCE $13,200
  • UEBELHOR & SONS $7,600
  • INDIANA CARDINAL $7,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mark B. Messmer → · Outside spending →

Actions (4)
  1. Jul 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15. · house
  2. Jul 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. Nov 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  4. Nov 20, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 2844 — Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 3474 — Federal Mechanical Insulation Act (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 1 subject)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4427 — Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 93%
  • HR 4443 — Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 4844 — Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 2298 — Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 2571 — Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 5296 — Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2021 · Introduced Dec 1, 2022 · Cong. 117 71%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Nov 20, 2025

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Committee action

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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 20, 2025

Mr. Messmer (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Cline, Mr. Onder, Mr. Roy, Mr. McGuire, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mrs. Fedorchak, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Jack, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mr. Gooden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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. <all>

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