HB 1092 VA Became Law
Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.
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Summary
Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention; Safety and Health Codes Board. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) to adopt regulations designed to protect workers from heat illness, as defined in the bill, during indoor and outdoor work. The bill provides that such regulations shall be enforced by the Board's existing authority. The bill directs the Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop and adopt regulations that require employers to implement heat illness prevention plans and to convene an advisory panel to assist in developing such regulations. This bill is identical to SB 288.
Sponsor (1)
- Phil M. Hernandez Democratic · primary
8 coauthors / cosponsors
- Elizabeth R. Guzman Democratic · cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward Democratic · cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll · cosponsor
- Rae Cousins Democratic · cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin · cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price Democratic · cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (47)
- Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105193D · lower
- Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
- Jan 27, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
- Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092) · lower
- Feb 12, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
- Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) · lower
- Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N) · lower
- Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107897D-H1 · lower
- Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
- Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
- Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
- Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
- Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092) · lower
- Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
- Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
- Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
- Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
- Mar 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108993D-S1 · upper
- Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092) · lower
- Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
- Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
- Mar 10, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
- Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
- Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
- Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A) · lower
- Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
- Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
- Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Ballard · lower
- Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle · upper
- Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
- Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
- Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
- Mar 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092) · lower
- Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
- Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1092ER) · lower
- Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
- Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
- Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
- Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
- Apr 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092) · lower
- Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
Text versions (15)
The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.
- Enrolled · PDF
- Enrolled · HTML
- Conference Report · HTML
- Conference Report Substitute · PDF
- Conference Report Substitute · HTML
- Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
- Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
- Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
- Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
- Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
- Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
- Introduced · PDF
- Introduced · HTML
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