Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Messmer
Introduced
Summary
Blocks OSHA's proposed heat injury and illness prevention standard. The bill would bar the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed standard titled 'Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings' published August 30, 2024, or any substantially similar or revised measure. It includes no funding, eligibility rules, programs, sunset, or transitional provisions. The bill's sole operative effect is to prevent promulgation, adoption, or enforcement of that heat-prevention standard.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Blocks OSHA workplace heat rule
If enacted, the bill would bar the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA's proposed heat-prevention standard published Aug. 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 70698). It would also bar any revised or substantially similar heat-prevention standard. Workers covered by OSHA would not receive the protections the rule would have required. Employers would not have to follow those protections. The change would take effect if the bill is enacted and contains no funding, exceptions, or a sunset date.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Messmer
IN • R
Cosponsors
Grothman
WI • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Baumgartner
WA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Miller (IL)
IL • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Gosar
AZ • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Harris (MD)
MD • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Foxx
NC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Cline
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Onder
MO • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Roy
TX • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Biggs (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Fedorchak
ND • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rouzer
NC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Jack
GA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Wilson (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Gooden
TX • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Haridopolos
FL • R
Sponsored 11/21/2025
Westerman
AR • R
Sponsored 11/21/2025
Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
GA • R
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Owens
UT • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]
FL • R
Sponsored 1/6/2026
DesJarlais
TN • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Donalds
FL • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Yakym
IN • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Moore (AL)
AL • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Cloud
TX • R
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Thompson (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Williams (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 4/14/2026
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