SB 288 VA

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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 HB 1092.

• Lashrecse D. Aird Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105398D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A) · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106889D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107621D-S2 · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288) · upper
18. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
19. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
20. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N) · lower
22. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108468D-H1 · lower
23. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288) · upper
24. Feb 26, 2026 Read second time · lower
25. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · lower
26. Feb 27, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
27. Feb 27, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
28. Feb 27, 2026 Passed House with substitute (61-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
29. Mar 3, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
30. Mar 4, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
31. Mar 4, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
32. Mar 6, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 6, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
34. Mar 6, 2026 Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle · upper
35. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
36. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Oates · lower
37. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
38. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
39. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
40. Mar 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288) · upper
41. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
42. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER) · upper
43. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
44. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
45. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
46. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
47. Apr 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288) · upper
48. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

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
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML